The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is recommending a 10.9% decrease in the workers' comp premium rate. This Florida-based bureau also recommended a -7.5% change for the average assigned risk rate that is effective on January 1. This filing is due to the improved policy...
The laws regarding workers’ comp are continually evolving. The recently-published analysis of employer directions to injured workers on the WCRI website is misleading on the recent law. The headline forces one to assume there is no difference in the costs for an employee or employer choosing the...
It is an age-old battle: labor versus employers. This time, the battle involves one middle man: Medicare fee schedules. In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council proposed an adoption of Medicare-based fee schedules for employees. Note that Wisconsin is one of the seven states that have...