2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Workers' Compensation [State]

Workers’ Compensation Deductibles and Employers’ Costs

The profitability of workers’ compensation insurance has improved dramatically over the past few years. At the same time the use of large insurance deductibles has been on the rise across the country. This is one of the first studies to empirically test whether deductibles are associated with changes in employer workers’ compensation costs, and hence, may be responsible for at least some of the...

Employers, workers, and the future of employment-based health benefits.

UNLABELLED EBRI'S BIANNUAL POLICY FORUM: This Issue Brief summarizes presentations at EBRI's 65th biannual policy forum, held in Washington, DC, on Dec. 10, 2009, on the topic, "Employers, Workers, and the Future of Employment-Based Health Benefits." The forum brought together a wide range of economic, benefits, management, and labor experts to share their expertise at a time when major health ...

Recent developments in workers' compensation and employers' liability law.

Workers’ Compensation and Older Workers

After rising sharply in the 1980s, workers’ compensation costs and benefits declined during the 1990s. The recent decline may reflect, in part, a decline in the availability and adequacy of these benefits. Workers in the second half of their work lives are particularly likely to be affected by these changes. Although workers’ compensation continues to compensate workers for acute short-term inj...

Attitudes of employers, corrective services workers, employment support workers, and prisoners and offenders towards employing ex-prisoners and ex-offenders

Attitudes of employers, corrective services workers, employment support workers, and prisoners and offenders towards employing ex-prisoners and ex-offenders. This is a project supported by a grant from the Criminology Research Council. The views expressed are the responsibility of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Council. Contents Acknowledgments i Introduction and Literature Re...