Workers' Compensation Seminar

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Workers' Comp — Seminar Overview

• Workers' Comp 101: Get On Board with the Basics!
• WC Cost Control: Insurance, Premiums, and More
• Benefit Must-Knows
• Bermuda Triangle — ADA, WC, and FMLA
• Common Issues You'll Come Up Against as a WC Administrator
• Accidents, Injuries, and Incidents — How to Handle These Within Workers' Compensation Parameters

Workers' Comp 101: Get On Board with the Basics!

• The truth about mandatory insurance — Are you exempt from carrying?
• Self insurance — what it means, who's eligible, and what's involved
• Injuries that qualify as workers' compensation claims — and those that do not
• Coverage types you should be familiar with

WC Cost Control: Insurance, Premiums, and More

• How to find the right insurance plan and provider for your organization
• An insider's look at determining premiums — Find out why yours may be too high
• A checklist for evaluating insurers and finding the right fit at the right cost
• 8 steps to prepare for the renewal process (follow these and lower your costs!)

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Benefit Must-Knows

• The different types of disability benefits
• How to calculate wages for benefits
• Rehabilitation and disfigurement benefits
• Important considerations when dealing with death claims medical benefits

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Bermuda Triangle — ADA, WC, and FMLA

• Why dealing with the triangle of ADA, WC, and FMLA causes such headaches
• Tips for sorting out the workers' comp claim that involves FMLA and ADA, and determining which statute to use for guidelines and enforcement
• Ways to assess and eliminate possible injuries that may result from regular employment activities
• How to handle injuries in the "course and scope" of employment
• Immediate action employers must take when an employee violates safety rules

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Common Issues You'll Come Up Against as a WC Administrator

• When employees "play the system" — how to identify red flags that indicate suspicious accidents and fraudulent claims
• Stragegies to help you handle willful disregard for established safety procedures, and protect your organization
• How to legally handle strategically-timed claims — right before layoffs, right after a poor performance review, etc.
• 6 tell-tale signs an accident should be considered "suspicious"
• Immediate action employers must take when an employee violates safety rules

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Accidents, Injuries, and Incidents — How to Handle These Within Workers' Compensation Parameters

• The difference between First Aid Claims and Workers' Comp Claims
• OSHA Compliance and Workers' Compensation — how these programs affect each other
• How to report and record workplace incidents properly
• 3 things not to do when an accident occurs — You'll plunge yourself right into legal and ethical hot water!
• How to handle pre-existing conditions exaggerated by on-the-job injuries
• The "Bermuda Triangle" — how FMLA, ADA, and WC overlap and contradict each other

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