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Jobless Rate, Changing Workforce a Challenge for Comp Sector
08/23/2013
to 143 days.
Currently employers are being forced to do more with less increasing the stress on their existing workforce.
In times of low unemployment it is very easy for employers to create light-duty jobs said James Ryan executive vice president at Sedgwick CMS. When there is high
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Barriers Between Comp, Wellness Slowly Dissolving
04/03/2017
wellness activities such as drinking water exercising logging nutrition intake tracking their sleep managing stress or even just logging in to the program every day. Points are also earned for completing an annual health risk assessment and getting an annual physical.
Employees can receive as much
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1st CA Fit Business Awards Recognizes 7 Co's
01/22/2004
engage in 30 minutes of physical
activity every day to reduce their risks of certain types of cancer heart
disease stroke type 2 diabetes and obesity.
American Apparel a t-shirt manufacturer employs 1300 mostly in sewing
jobs. The company provides subsidized healthy lunches to
Category: News
FL 1st Reverses Heart Attack Ruling on Evidence
11/11/2004
Florida's First Appellate District yesterday reversed a Judge of Compensation Claims ruling that a 60 year old worker's heart attack was not compensable saying there was substantial evidence of physical stress or exertion that was non-routine to his job
as a fire protection team member.
In
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ADA Amendment Act to Impact Return-to-Work
10/07/2008
cannot be adequately controlled with medication.
The amendment will include under the protection of the ADA people with conditions such as insulin-dependent diabetes heart conditions and severe depression and anxiety.
According to Pimentel who has written several books on the ADA no one who was
Category: News
Employers Stall SB 1 in Final Stages, Cite Cost Concerns
04/17/2013
surcharge increase.
Terminology implying that the Legislature must fully fund the Second Injury Fund which could lead a court to increase the premium surcharge to a higher rate.
Language that would allow many claims with non-work-related conditions such as obesity and diabetes to continue to be paid by
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HHS Takes Aim at Chronic Pain with National Strategy
03/23/2016
should signal the need for doctors and patients to work together on solutions. He said the approach should be similar to that taken for a patient with diabetes who receives education and modifies his or her behavior in addition to getting medical treatment.
Its not just prescribe opioids and were
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Study Identifies Occupations in Which Workers Aren't Getting Enough Sleep
03/15/2017
cardiovascular disease obesity diabetes and depression co-morbidities that may complicate a workers comp claim.
Workers in occupations with high prevalences of short sleep duration might be most at risk for sleep-related accidents and adverse health outcomes associated with short sleep duration the
Category: News
What Should Workers' Comp Pay For?
11/08/2016
covered medical treatment for diabetes hypertension and renal disease in a cumulative trauma claim by a 35-year employee where work-related stress was believed to have contributed to the womans conditions according to county workers' compensation manager Alex Rossi.
In Virginia cumulative trauma
Category: News
WCAB Rulings Show Apportionment for Obesity no Simple Matter
12/09/2013
suffered from erectile dysfunction hypertension diabetes a decreased white blood cell count and a sleep disorder.
The agreed medical evaluator in his case Dr. Robert Meth concluded it was medically probable that Green had developed hypertension as a result of his work but he apportioned 20 of the
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