Workers' Compensation Resources & Research

Testimony of Gary Steinberg, Acting Director of the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), before Congress on reforming the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA).

Testimony of Scott Szymendera of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) before Congress. In my testimony today, I will provide an overview of workers’ compensation in the United States, the original intent of Congress when creating FECA, a legislative history of the FECA program, and a plain-language summary of the features of the FECA program that serves federal employees today.

Statement on Workers’ Compensation: Recent Developments and The Relationship with Social Security Disability Insurance. John F. Burton, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University and Cornell University. Presented to The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, The Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representative. November 17, 2010

Testimony of H. Alan Hunt of the W.E. Upjohn Institute. The W.E. Upjohn Institute has operated as an independent, non-profit organization devoting its resources to finding and promoting solutions to employment-related issues at the regional, state, national, and international levels since 1945.

FECA is administered by Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) and currently covers more than 2.7 million civilian federal employees from more than 70 different agencies.

From the U.S. Census Bureau: Social Insurance & Human Services: Unemployment, Disability, Workers’ Compensation.

David F. Utterback and Teresa M. Schnorr, Editors.
Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2010, Rev August 2010. 205p. PDF.

California passed a major reform package; 24 other States changed their workers’ compensation coverage and services by approving a variety of new and revised legislation.

Costs of insuring against work-related injuries and diseases have escalated rapidly since 1972; growing variation in premiums among States over the same period may indicate unequal rates of improvement in workers' compensation laws. By MARTIN W. ELSON AND JOHN F. BURTON, JR.

Workers’ compensation is a “no fault” insurance program that provides medical treatment, wage replacement, and permanent disability compensation to employees who suffer job-related injuries or illnesses.

The Advocate for Business is the primary liaison between New York’s business community and the Workers’ Compensation Board. The office was created by legislation to give employers one place to call to get answers to their workers’ compensation questions.

Workers’ compensation insurance protects employers and employees against financial loss in event of injury. Employers must continuously provide for workers’ compensation benefits to all employees. For workers’ compensation purposes, employee can include day labor, leased and borrowed staff, volunteers, part-timers and family members, as well as most subcontractors. Visit www.WCB.State.NY.US to download the Employers’ Handbook, a comprehensive resource for businesspeople about WC.

Statistical analysis of workers' compensation in New York.

How can I start saving now? First, establish a workplace safety committee that meets the requirements listed below. Then, after six months of operation, complete a committee certification application and submit it to the PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for approval.

The Department of Labor & Industry is required by the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) to commission an annual study to determine whether the fee schedule for health care services is adequate to ensure that injured workers have sufficient access to quality health care. The study also considers the impact of using panel providers on access to quality care and on number of days lost per injury.

Access to Care Measures; Data Sources; Methodology; Results.

Texas is currently the only state that allows any private-sector employer the option of not purchasing WC insurance or become “non-subscribers” to the state WC system.

Temporary Income Benefits (TIBs); Impairment Income Benefits (IIBs); Supplemental Income Benefits (SIBs);Lifetime Income Benefits (LIBs); Death Benefits (DBs) and Burial Benefits; Income Replacement Rate (IRR); Maximum Benefits and Time Limits.