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Employees Want to Know Their Organization is Focused on Workplace Safety

HR Bartender

For example, training on slips, trips, and falls can prevent employee injuries. Which in turn, hopefully reduces injuries and illnesses. Safety training is a worthwhile investment that can pay you back with fewer accidents, better morale and productivity, and even lower insurance premiums and potential workerscompensation claims.”.

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California’s 2024 Temporary Total Disability (TTD) Rates Unchanged

HRWatchdog

Workerscompensation is a no-fault insurance system that employers are required to have so that if an employee gets injured on the job, they can receive temporary disability benefits while they’re off work and recovering from their injury. Department of Labor. Not a member?

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2023 Temporary Total Disability (TTD) Rates Announced

HRWatchdog

When an employee gets injured on the job , workerscompensation — a no-fault insurance system that employers are required to have — kicks in. Once an employee’s workerscompensation claim has been accepted, that individual receives temporary disability benefits while being off work and recovering from the injury’s effects.

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Workers’ Compensation 2022 Temporary Total Disability Rates

HRWatchdog

California’s Division of WorkersCompensation (DWC) announced that the 2022 minimum and maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rates will increase on January 1, 2022: The minimum TTD rate will increase to $230.95 (from $203.44); and The maximum TTD rate will increase to $1539.71 per week (from $1356.31 Department of Labor.

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Absence Due to Workers’ Comp Injury May Qualify for Family Leave

HRWatchdog

The employee filed for workerscompensation benefits, so I know his job is protected by the workers’ comp laws, but I want to know if his leave is also covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or California Family Rights Act (CFRA)? Serious Health Condition. Continuation of Benefits. Not a member?

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Applicants’ Workers’ Comp Claim History Can’t Be Used for Screening

HRWatchdog

We work in an industry that is at a higher risk for workplace injury. In an effort to keep our workerscompensation costs lower, can we ask if applicants for employment have an active workerscompensation claim or if they have ever filed for workerscompensation benefits? Questions for Applicants.

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Workers’ compensation for remote employees: a guide

Insperity

Do you need to worry about workerscompensation for remote employees? When your organization adopts or expands a work-from-home policy, it’s a good idea to take a fresh look at your workerscompensation coverage and processes. What counts as a work-related injury at home? In short, yes.