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02/24/21 WorkersCompensation.com Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Director John Howard will deliver a keynote on the future of work, COVID-19, and worker safety at the end of the second day of the Workers Compensation Research Institute's (WCRI) 37th Annual Issues & Research Conference, held virtually March 23 and 24, 2021. “We're excited to have Dr. Howard be the closing keynote speaker at our annual conference,” said John Ruser, WCRI's president and CEO. “There are a lot of questions about the impact of COVID-...

How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry January 14, 2021 The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows. The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims ranged from 1 percent in Kansas and South Carolina to 34 percent in New Jersey and 42 percent in Massachusetts in the second quarter of 2020, according to research from the Workers Compensation R...

Expansion of Workers’ Comp for COVID-19 Created Narrow Benefit in 6 States While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19, many of those directives are creating new exposure for only a sliver of the workforce, new research by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute shows. WCRI studied policies adopted by Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota and Missouri in response to the pandemic. Researchers found that the broadest expansion of the six states — an executive order iss...