Workers comp refers to workers compensation, a part of business finances when a worker claims they were injured during work and would like to be reimbursed for medical treatment and procedures, as well as lost time of work.

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What To Expect When An Employee Goes Out on Disability

In New York, Short Term disability is an employer required program that pays 50% of pre-disability wages, up to a maximum of $170.00 per week (unless the employer provides additional coverage) to an employee who is unable to work, because of…

Late Reporting of Employee Injuries will Lead to NY Workers Comp Board Fines

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At Metropolitan Risk, our best practice clients understand the critical importance of getting employee injuries into the workers compensation system. Each injury that goes undetected or unreported costs the employer up to 39% more for the same…
The NY Construction Payroll Limitation is designed to help reduce your WC costs.

Workers Comp Class Codes: Proper Use

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One of the fundamental components of workers’ comp insurance pricing is the process of classifying different workplace exposures into a system of codes. Each workers comp code has an individual rate dependent on the risk of that exposure.…
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Using Light Duty Jobs to Lower Your Workers Comp Costs

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Okay, you’re a business. You have employees that get injured, creating workers comp claims, and then driving up your premiums. More money spent. Unfortunately, some of these workers comp claims are unavoidable as there is no way to escape…
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Recent Ruling Gives NY Workers Comp Trust Employers Hope

On May 2nd the N.Y. Supreme Court issued an important statement relating to the assessments issued to many New York based businesses who are on bended knee trying to pay the significant charges being accrued from their participation in New York’s…
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Who Has the Best Workers Compensation Rates in New York!?

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Click here to find out! Simply fill out the brief form and one of our Comp Care representatives will get you a list of the best carriers for your class or classes of business.

6 Ways to Lower Your Workers Comp Experience Mod

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Is your business struggling with a high experience mod? Want to lower your workers' comp costs while decreasing your risk exposure? We've put together a short and sweet guide to lowering your workers' comp experience mod & costs as a…

Summarizing Cuomo's NY Workers Comp Reform

Governor Cuomo announced last week that his administration plans to introduce new legislation to continue to improve the workers' compensation system and to attempt to provide relief to thousands of businesses. Cuomo's goal is to provide…

The Correlation Between Business Travel & Workers Compensation Claims

Lets get straight to the facts: business travel often causes travel-induced health problems that can eventually lead to workers' compensation claims. You don’t want workers' compensation claims. The following are the three biggest…