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Workers' Comp Article

WC injuries in a new and inexperienced workforce

4 MIN READ

We recently met with Anne Levins, our Senior Vice President of Product Strategy & Analytics at Coventry, to talk about the boom in employee turnover in 2020 and 2021, as well as its ramifications in workers’ compensation.

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Cultural Humility: The Next Step in Delivering Quality Care to Culturally Diverse Communities

1 MIN READ

In this Genex Insight paper, Mariellen Blue, national director of case management, explains how cultural humility leads to a better understanding of an injured employee’s health-related beliefs and behaviors, allowing case managers to make accommodations that align with these values and improve return to work.

Workers' Comp Article

Technology & tools for employee wellness

5 MIN READ

Employee absence can be costly for employers, whether it’s due to work-related illnesses and injuries or not. There are steps employers can take in areas ranging from physical fitness to behavioral health that can help make workers happier, healthier, and more productive on the job. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that employee absenteeism costs companies nearly $1,700 a year per employee.

Workers' Comp Article

Uncertainty clouds the outlook for some workers this fall: home or office?

6 MIN READ

Late summer typically brings back-to-school rituals for millions of students every year, as well as the close of the vacation season for families and friends. This year, the dog days bode change for another group, one unaccustomed to seasonal swings in how they spend their days: office workers.

Workers' Comp Article

A virtual silver lining: the pandemic’s boost to telemedicine

5 MIN READ

While some of the pandemic-induced restrictions on everyday life will eventually recede along with the virus, some changes are likely to linger. More of us will keep working from home. We’ll likely continue washing our hands more frequently, and many of us expect to keep using face masks.

Workers' Comp Article

What Do We Know About Post-COVID Conditions?

4 MIN READ

Post-COVID conditions is the CDC term used to describe health issues that persist more than four weeks after a person is first infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. The exact cause of and risk factors for developing post-COVID conditions are not yet fully understood.

Workers' Comp Article

The rising retirement rate is changing the U.S. workforce

3 MIN READ

The average number of baby boomers who retire from the U.S. work force has been slowly growing over the last 10 years, as the population that “boomed” after the second world war have reached retirement age. But 2020 saw a big jump in the retirement rate, according to Pew Research Center, with over 3 million more people retiring than in 2019. Some workers left the labor force by choice; others were forced into early retirement.