Workers Compensation Guide 2009 Author:Charles Lewis The Workers' Compensation Law & Strategy Guide discusses practical strategies for employers to use to control the expense of workers' compensation. The discussion includes effective back-to-work programs, safety programs, and fraud prevention programs. Our Guide provides an understanding of workers' compensation concepts, helping an employer ... more »learn the individual details of a particular state's law.
The Guide has easy-to-use safety and claim prevention checklists and current forms with instructions on how, when, and why to complete them, including:
ADA Checklist for Workers' Compensation Claimants
Basic Back Safety Checklist
Ergonomics Checklist
Incident Report, Injured Employee's Report, and Witness Statement
Identifying Hazards for Each Job Safety Analysis
Job Safety Analysis Questionnaire
Job Safety Program Checklist
There are over 20 charts listing individual state practices, including:
Benefit and coverage highlights by state, including mental injuries
Employee misconduct, including safety rule violations, illegal drugs, and alcohol
Employee notice to employer and payment of claims
Penalties and enforcement procedures for failure to insure
Employer accident reporting requirements
State "Contractor-Under Coverage"
State chart of insurance types
This 11th Edition of the Workers' Compensation Law & Strategy Guide includes recent legislation in all 50 states and discusses trends in workers' compensation law; it covers state information on employee misconduct, has updated state information on workers' compensation insurance, updated information on disaster readiness plans, revised discussion of retaliatory discharge claims, and more.« less