- Agency launches lone miner safety initiative
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it will begin focusing inspections and mine visits on lone miner situations after five of eight miner fatalities this year have involved miners working alone.
- Overlapping laws could lengthen employee absences
- View from the Top: Art Lynch, Coventry Workers' Comp Services
Art Lynch became CEO of Bethesda, Maryland-based Coventry Workers’ Comp Services, a unit of Aetna Inc., in November 2013 and is responsible for Coventry’s overall revenue, operations, networks, pharmacy and care management products.
- Key legal decision behind efforts to change Florida's comp system
Two 2016 Florida Supreme Court cases are the main drivers of workers compensation reform proposals in the state.
- OSHA's beryllium rule unlikely to be reversed
Despite a delayed enforcement date, OSHA’s beryllium rule is not seen as vulnerable to reversal by the Trump administration because industry and government worked together to craft the rule.
- Psychosocial factors weigh on comp claims
Mounting evidence demonstrates that some troublesome workers compensation claims have more to do with the mental aspect of being injured than the injury itself.
- OSHA standards should be met despite delays
Employer representatives hope that delays in the enforcement dates of EEOC regulations issued over the past year are accompanied by better compliance guidance.
- Integrated disability makes a comeback
A recent increase in the number of state and municipal leave regulations, along with an expansion of paid family leave laws, is prompting employers to take a fresh look at integrating their workers compensation, disability and benefit programs.
- Depression therapy alleviates injury complications
Whether one is talking about opioid addiction, psychosocial claims or returntowork hurdles, a buzz phrase in workers compensation is “cognitive behavioral therapy.”