The economic downturn that has occurred over the past few years may be putting the Social Security disability fund at risk. With more and more unemployed people that are disabled in states such as Ohio, the fund is quickly dwindling.According to estimates from...
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Month: August 2011
Ohio Workers Compensation Benefits Fall in Recession Economy
Yesterday, I reported a study released by the National Academy of Social Insurance that reported that the number of employees covered by workers compensation declined by 4.4% from 2008 to 2009. The author of the study, John Burton, was quoted as saying "as one...
Hotel housekeepers regularly receive serious injuries
A new study has indicated that hotel workers may have some of the highest injury rates among service workers. Many of them, whose lives are drastically changed by their serious injuries, do not file for workers' compensation and continue working with their injuries...
Workers’ compensation coverage falls in recession economy
According to a study of workers' compensation costs and the number of employees covered by workers' compensation released by the National Academy of Social Insurance earlier this month, 2009 saw a decline in workers' compensation benefits distribution in the U.S....
Widow of Ohio police officer files second lawsuit against Elyria
The sudden death of a spouse is something no one hopes to experience. Sadly, however, tragic accidents occur that leave spouses widowed and children without a parent. Such an incident is a lot for anyone to bear. If a spouse is killed while working, many families are...
New Research Shows Ohio’s Performance in Keeping Worker’s Compensation Indemnity and Benefits Low
We now have a substantial new body of research released in August of 2011 from John Burton's "Workers Compensation Resources Research Report", that supports the conclusions I made in my previous blog regarding Ohio's indemnity comparisons to the rest of the country....
Ohio Workers Compensation Indemnity Reform
Workers Compensation is by design a wage loss replacement system. Thus, by its very nature, it compensates wages lost due to injuries received at work.Reform is often a popular political agenda. The rallying cry usually relates to the reduction of benefits paid out by...