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The War on Workers’ Comp

Only 45 workers out of 597,058 who filed claims between ... than one-fifth of the rise in disability income payments appeared to be linked to cuts in workers’ compensation. The calculations were age-a... read more

U-M forecast: U.S. economy to start slowing, deficit and workers' wages to rise

Wages going up The forecast contains good news for workers. Average per-hour compensation ... costs) as being 2.5 percent this year, then slowing to about 2 percent in 2019 and 2020 as oil prices stay ... read more

Employers Holdings A Well-Run Play On Small Business Growth Through Workers Comp

Employers Holdings has established a good underwriting track record for workers' comp for small businesses, but rate headwinds are significant. Reinvesting in systems should driver lower expense ratio... read more

Compensation payouts to Tasmanian public servants on the rise, unions warn situation will worsen

New figures show compensation payouts to Tasmanian public servants ... Public Sector Union's Tom Lynch said stress was a growing cause. He predicted the number of claims and size of payouts would rise ... read more

Painful Lessons

The school-related payments are a significant part of a large and growing expense for taxpayers, who foot the bill for workers’ compensation ... expect those costs to rise for the next decade. In addi... read more

The EPA Can’t Wait to Reopen the Mine That Poisoned North Idaho

Starting in the 1880s, through the rise of industrialization ... after 35 years and almost $900 million in cleanup costs, Bunker Hill’s tailings heap still oozes 400 pounds of toxic metals a day into ... read more

Labor Department issues guidance on classifying workers

The guidance comes as a growing number of employers are ... Worker advocates say companies misclassify employees to save costs by not paying payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers' compensatio... read more

Investing in the Facebook of Freelancing

Upwork claims that they have basically 70 categories of work and ... And then finally, I look at stock-based compensation. I don't want excessive stock-based compensation. In Upwork's case, the first ... read more

Ex-WSI insider says safety took a backseat

That figure is for initial acceptance, indicating workers’ comp accepts liability, but ongoing claims involve ... reflecting the growing economy and workforce – to 418,234 covered workers, up from 340 ... read more

No Mega Millions Winner, Jackpot Climbs to $1.6 Billion

Mega Millions officials say no tickets matched all six numbers to claim the estimated $1 ... The jackpot has been growing since July, when a group of California office workers won $543 million. It cos... read more

Health services are to be privatized

"Workers' comp has been a big problem, growing costs, growing claims. And we haven't been doing a very good job of it," Mayor Martin O'Malley said. "We have been seeing the cost rise every single year ... read more

Who Is Watching Wall Street?

Stock buybacks are on the rise ... compensation package should include large chunks of shares to align executives’ interest with shareholders. This has—not surprisingly—led to an obsessive focus by co... read more