worker’ compensation News

Analysts Tally Workers’ Comp Cost of Exposure to COVID-19

While the potential cost of relaxing a tenet of the workers’ compensation system to deal with extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19 could top $50 billion, it’s more likely to be one-fifth of that, an analyst reported recently. States like Michigan and …

Arkansas Court Backs $3M Judgment Against Gerber over Workers’ Time

Arkansas’ highest court says a baby food manufacturer must pay more than $3 million to workers for the time they spent dressing and undressing into uniforms and protective gear. The state Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Gerber …

WCRI Study of Penn., Md. Finds Vicodin Much Costlier When Dispensed by Doctors

A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says the average price paid for physician-dispensed Vicodin — a commonly dispensed narcotic pain medication in Pennsylvania and Maryland — was approximately three times as high as the price paid …

WCRI: Virginia’s Medical Cost Per Workers’ Comp Claim Higher Than Most

Broad metrics of worker’ compensation costs show that Virginia is a lower cost state, largely due to a lower frequency of claims, according to a new report. But the report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) also found that …