Hispanic Heritage Month: Protecting Our Latino Workers Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th and honors the immense contributions of the Latino community to the cultural, social and economic fabric of the United States. Latinos represent a significant portion of the US
Each day, millions of Americans go to work in order to earn money and support their family. So what happens when you get hurt on the job? Suddenly, everything is at risk and your family’s financial stability is threatened. Workers compensation claims are confusing and
A special documentary series was done about Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system. The document focuses on surveillance use. The State’s largest workers’ comp carrier claims it has an obligation to stop fraud by all parties in workers’ comp cases, including not just workers, but employers, vendors,
Innovation in advanced telemedicine is slowly enhancing the workers’ compensation industry and helping injured workers’ return to work sooner. Workers’ who are injured on the job find their life unexpectedly thrown into a tailspin, which can be very distressful. As they try to heal their
NPR and ProPublica found that nearly 800 undocumented workers in Florida have been charged with workers’ comp fraud for using illicit Social Security numbers to either get their jobs, file for workers’ compensation benefits or both. More than 560 didn’t actually file workers’ comp claims