A critical component of our national safety net, the state-regulated workers compensation system, is being besieged, another victim of politicians reaching everywhere to generate short-term benefits by increasing services without raising taxes.
A critical component of our national safety net, the state-regulated workers compensation system, is being besieged, another victim of politicians reaching everywhere to generate short-term benefits by increasing services without raising taxes.
The state of Ohio is looking to appeal a court decision that would require the state workers compensation fund to reimburse employers $860 million in alleged premium overcharges from 2001 to 2007.
The state of Ohio is looking to appeal a court decision that would require the state workers compensation fund to reimburse employers $860 million in alleged premium overcharges from 2001 to 2007.
Employers who paid into a workers compensation fund in Ohio run by the state were granted $860 million in refunds Wednesday by a judge who ruled that the fund had overcharged some employers from 2001 to 2008.
Ohio employers could share refunds totaling $861 million if a court decision holding that the state workers' compensation fund overcharged employers is upheld.
Ohio employers could share refunds totaling $861 million if a court decision holding that the state workers' compensation fund overcharged employers is upheld.
This morning's headlines are loaded with workers' compensation fraud of all kinds. Each instance is troubling, and likely serves to fuel perceptions that fraud is rampant. But as we pause this week to give thanks for all that is worthy in our lives, I am thankful for this system that...