Workers’ Comp Posts

Are your volunteers covered by workers’ compensation if they get injured while performing a service for your organization? Who foots the bill for a severe injury? Are you leaving yourself or your company open to legal action?

Workers’ Compensation insurance can be overwhelming, but laws and coverages have evolved to include several areas you may not know it addresses.

The benefits of a diverse workplace are easy to recognize, but there are some challenges to communicating to a group compiled of people from different backgrounds, different experiences, and even different languages. Workers’ compensation is already a complicated subject, so how do you ensure that all of your employees know and understand workers’ compensation insurance?

How many reasons would it take for you to become an insurance agent? Being an insurance agent can be an overlooked career, but it has so many benefits. Check out this list of reasons now…

Have you considered hiring a seasonal worker? Seasonal workers have all of the benefits of more help without the additional cost of employee turnover. In this article, we look at the necessary workers’ comp measures you’ll need to take when hiring seasonal employees.

Advances in technology have always moved construction forward. How can a business owner be sure their investment is good, and not worry about something newer and better coming along in the next six months?

Workers’ compensation is part of a standard hiring package for many companies, but if you’re hired for a company that doesn’t consider it necessary, are you at risk? What should you do? Normandy’s latest article explains. Click through to read now

The Gig economy is the industry that covers part time jobs offered on as needed basis, like Uber and Lyft. There are upsides and downsides to these types of jobs – both for employers and employees. These types of positions are reasonably new and as more jobs like these enter the market, regulations – including insurance rules - are changing. Whether you are an insurance agent, an employer, or an employee, here’s what you need to know…

There are few things more stressful than waiting to see if your workers’ comp claim is approved or declined. In many cases, your financial security can ride on that decision. So, how long will it take?

Immediately following an accident or injury at work, you probably have other things on your mind other than formally reporting it to your supervisor and employer. But soon after, worries about medical bills and lost wages can quickly become your biggest worry. The absolute last thing you want is to miss deadlines for filing workers’ comp, thus putting yourself into a potentially dangerous financial situation. So, what’s the deadline?