[fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color=""]O[/fusion_dropcap]ne of the changes that were implemented in the 1990 legislation was the creation of managed care organizations for workers comp claims. Most people did not think this was going to be that significant of a change, and it did take quite a while to get off the ground because
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[fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color=""]A[/fusion_dropcap]lthough we primarily do workers compensation, we also do quite a bit of Social Security work. I had the recent misfortune to do an intake on a couple whose working circumstances are not usual. The one member stopped working in 2001 to take care of sick parents. The other
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[fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color=""]I[/fusion_dropcap]n Oregon, if you get hurt while working on one job and you are working one or more other jobs, you may be able to get compensation for the wages you miss at the jobs other than the job you were hurt while doing. This can be a difficult
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[fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color=""]R[/fusion_dropcap]ecently, I’ve posted about being honest and careful with your lawyer. It is important to make sure that you fully discuss problems with your lawyer.It is also important for the lawyer to completely discuss case matters with the client. It is then incumbent upon the client to make sure that
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[fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color=""]A[/fusion_dropcap]ttorneys should make every effort to be as clear as possible in language that the client can understand. Clients, for their part, must communicate as much information as possible about their situation so that the attorney can properly advise them. All of this is particularly true in the context of
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[fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color=""]I [/fusion_dropcap]frequently tell my clients, in explaining bad behavior by insurance companies, that insurance companies exist to take in premiums and not to pay out benefits. Self-insured employers behave the same way.Here is a link documenting the most extreme behavior I have seen by any employer.How Tesla and its doctor
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In the early 20th century, states around the country began passing laws implementing workers compensation. There were several sets of pressures being brought to bear on legislatures causing them to pass these laws. Organized labor (primarily AFL in Oregon) was doing their best to persuade legislatures to pass workers compensation acts. There was also an
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[fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color=""]R[/fusion_dropcap]ecently, Walmart announced that they would be eliminating greeters and requiring that employees meeting people at the front door must be able to lift at least 50 pounds. Walmart is doing this because they’re trying to compete with Amazon (among others) and they feel they need to offer more
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I spend all day every day at work dealing with insurance companies. One thing I can tell you for sure is that insurance companies do not exist to pay out benefits. They exist to take in premiums and make money. Here is an example in two parts out of Florida. A
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When I went to college at the University of Chicago, there was a professor of economics there who won the Nobel Prize, named Milton Friedman. Professor Friedman wrote a paper documenting that unions, in general, provided increased wages, not just for their employees and members, but for nearby employees who were not unionized. He argued
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