by admin | Jan 12, 2021 | Acrometis News
Now that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has begun, with millions of healthcare workers among the first to be inoculated, employers are starting to mull over whether to require workers to get the vaccine. Most employers want to (in fact, they are obligated to) provide a...
by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Acrometis News
As workers drove fewer miles in 2020, the number of injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents decreased, saving workers’ compensation insurers in the process. The National Council on Compensation insurance issued a research brief analyzing the trend that is a...
by admin | Nov 10, 2020 | Workers' Comp News
Car insurance companies have been collecting data derived from telematics, apps for smartphones and video to predict the severity of injuries sustained in crashes. The same injury prediction technology may be applied to workers’ compensation claims in the...
by admin | Sep 15, 2020 | Workers' Comp News
As Autumn looms just around the corner, we return to our post-summer routines and dig into some WC-related hot topics for September. Here are some hot topics in Workers’ Comp:School Employees Who Contract COVID-19 Could Qualify for Workers’ CompensationWhile...
by admin | Aug 19, 2020 | Workers' Comp News
The Supreme Court of Alaska ruled recently that a worker’s mental health may be relevant to a workers’ compensation claim in a ruling that could reverberate around the nation.In 2015, a woman broke her ankle when she slipped and fell in her employer’s icy parking lot....
