Over the last couple of weeks, we have discussed issues in both employee and employer workers’ comp fraud. The main premise that stands out is that workers’ compensation fraud is expensive at around $7.2 billion a year, and despite
In our last blog, we discussed the tricky ways employers use to commit workers’ compensation fraud. Today, we will look at why employee fraud occurs less than one percent of time and is not a significant problem, despite the
Workers’ Compensation is full of insurance fraud. And it comes in all shapes and sizes. When you hear the phrase “workers’ comp fraud” the picture that comes to mind for most is an employee faking a work injury for
Exposure to certain substances in the workplace can lead to occupational diseases like cancer, or chronic lung disease. And it can take years after the exposure for these diseases to manifest themselves. Still, most statutes only address specific defined
As discussed in Part One of our series, marijuana is becoming more socially acceptable as it becomes decriminalized and legalized for certain purposes. But on a whole, there hasn’t been a lot of change in drug free workplace policies.