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Occupational Accident (OAI) and Health Insurance

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Occupational accident insurance, or OAI, is an insurance option that provides both employees and their employers a certain level of financial protection in case of an injury incurred on the job. A number of factors go into the coverage amount, such as the perceived risks of employers and their workplaces.

What Employers Need to Know for 2012 and 2013 Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Paul Hughes
November 26, 2012

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires employers that sponsor group health plans to take a number of legal compliance steps related to their group health plans. With…

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Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2011

Dan Leporati
November 13, 2012

Although statistically there was no change in lost time injury frequencies overall between 2010 and 2011, one of the PEO industry’s largest growing industry groups insured for workers’ compensation, nursing…

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Featured White Paper: Healthcare Reform & PEOs

Paul Hughes
October 26, 2012

Today’s Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) provide services to an estimated two to three million workers nationwide. The average PEO has seen double-digit membership growth in the last six years and…

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Workers’ compensation can bring about concerns.

Paul Hughes
October 17, 2012

The main problem with workers’ compensation insurance is the fact that it is based on each state determining its own laws. In last week’s case of the exotic dancer who…

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Do Safety Incentives Discourage Workers from Reporting Injuries?

Paul Hughes
May 27, 2012

Many employers are in the dark over whether their safety incentive programs encourage or discourage the reporting of injuries and illnesses by their employees, or if they have no effect.…

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