The first Out Front Ideas with Kimberly and Mark webinar of 2017 provided our thoughts on the 20 Workers' Compensation Issues to Watch in 2017.

In early January we discussed what we consider as the first 10 issues that workers' comp professionals need to be aware of in the coming year. What follows is a summary of the remaining 10 issues we talked about:

11. Impaired workforce

After the November elections, eight states and the District of Columbia allow for recreational use of marijuana. This means around one in five people live in a state where recreational marijuana is now legal.

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