Docs Restrict Care to Earn More Profit Unequal health care in the U.S. is no big surprise. However, we are witnessing unbelievable amounts of rationing. Doctor compensation relies on Medicare, Medicaid, or Private Insurance. Medicare is a well financed program for the aged, who vote and are involved in politics. Medicaid is a less financed […]
New York State Workers’ Comp Insurance Worker’s comp insurance was created over 100 years ago to provide medical care and financial aid to injured workers and to evade pricey and prolonged lawsuits. The constant changes to New York’s worker’s insurance policy has made it the most opposed system in the United States. The typical injured […]
Overwhelming Insurance Costs Forces Employers to Switch Plans and Delay Hiring Insurers have been increasing insurance premiums each year for the past few years to the point where it has become a burden to employers and employees. It is getting too expensive; jumping from 50% to 74% in the span of one year for one […]
Home Depot is Charged with Occupational Safety and Health Violations Home Depot is a large and very well known company. It is very surprising to discover one of it’s sites to fail OSHA inspection. It is critical that large as well as small companies and employers abide by the workers safety and health measures […]
CDHP: Consumer Driven Health Care; A Benefit for Both Employers and Their Employees Many employers are switching or may be thinking about switching employee health plans to the consumer driven health plan which decreases expenses of presenting health benefits. The appeal to consumer driven health plans is smaller premiums. However, it is still important to […]
3 Labor Law Violators Pay a Heavy Fee Recently, the Division of Labor Standards punished three employers who failed to comply to the labor laws. Total cost in insufficient pay, interest, hardship, and penalties for illegality of min. wage, pay for extra hours of work, compensation, documentation, and further labor laws. Employers have […]
The year 2009 marks the lowest level of total recorded work-site injuries and illnesses since 2003. Incident rates declined to 3.6 cases per 100 employees from 3.8 in 2008. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released key findings of the Occupational Injury and Illness Survey. This is great news for Queens NY, Brooklyn NY, Manhattan […]
The Occupation Safety and Health Administration provides advising to small and medium sized businesses free of charge! Its focus is on high hazard sites where a workplace injury may occur which then ultimately drives up the cost of your NY Workers Compensation Insurance, or your NJ Workers Compensation Insurance cost. Your business can be located […]
10 Most Common Occupational Safety and Health Measures for 2010 The Federal United States Department of Labor (OSHA) lists the 10 most common reported work site/occupational safety and health standards discovered after inspection. There are detrimental consequences; such as Net Income Loss that can damage your company if any of the following risks happen […]