Workers compensation is a form of insurance that protects business owners from the common accidents on job sites of employees that lead to expensive injuries. These risks are transferred to a carrier for a flat fee.

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Overtime Pay: The Exposure You May Overlook

As a business owner the responsibility of providing a safe, positive, and comfortable work environment falls on your shoulders. The unfortunate reality is that these responsibilities are not always upheld or maintained. To help protect businesses…

Why Buying Workers Compensation Insurance Through Your Payroll Provider is a Bad Idea

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  We have all seen the solicitations from ADP, PayChex and the like relating to linking your workers' compensation insurance to your payroll system. While I do not dispute the immediate benefit of such an arrangement, in most instances…

New York Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Small business owners with just a few employees naturally hope they’ll never have to deal with a workplace injury, yet in some cases their risk may be higher, particularly if they have few safety procedures in place in their small enterprise.…

With Workers Compensation Insurance Rates Heading Higher, Workers Compensation Cost Containment Moves Front & Center

In a recently published survey by Zywave, a leading insurance industry publisher, 59% of the 3,500 employers who responded to the survey ending February 24th 2012  said they were very concerned about workers compensation insurance rates.   There…

4 Common Workers' Compensation Mistakes

It's not until you are hit with a few unexpected workers' compensation mistakes you really start thinking about how to improve them. When rates are low, many people think "out of sight, out of mind." Most employers look at Workers' Compensation…

Preparing for a Workers Comp Audit

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What exactly is an audit? The dictionary says it is a thorough examination or check – an in-depth examination of every part of a process. That applies whether you’re talking about accounting audits or workers compensation audits. You usually…

Workers Compensation Audits - How to Face Them

The word audit is not something anyone wants to hear. For most people it conjures up images of frenzied hunting for pieces of paper you know you were meant to keep track of and a general increase in stress levels. A workers compensation audit…

Workers Compensation Premium Recovery Advice

No matter what type of business you run, you are going to need coverage. As your workers compensation premium recovery experts, we reserve the right to lecture you on the importance of workers comp. #1: Workers comp protects your employees.…