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Adequacy Of Earnings Replacement In Workers' Compensation Programs: A Report Of The Study Panel On Benefit Adequacy Of The Workers' Compensation Steering Committee, National Academy Of Social Insurance, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Adequacy Of Earnings Replacement In Workers' Compensation Programs: A Report Of The Study Panel On Benefit Adequacy Of The Workers' Compensation Steering Committee, National Academy Of Social Insurance, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

The Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee of the National Academy of Social Insurance formed the Benefit Adequacy Study Panel to review the literature on benefit adequacy and to develop an approach to document what is currently known—and not known—about benefit adequacy in WC programs. The panel documents the extent to which WC cash benefits replace workers’ lost wages, and assesses the adequacy of that wage replacement.


The Michigan Disability Prevention Study: Research Highlights, H. Allan Hunt, Rochelle Virginia Habeck Nov 2012

The Michigan Disability Prevention Study: Research Highlights, H. Allan Hunt, Rochelle Virginia Habeck

H. Allan Hunt

This 3-year collaborative research project was designed to provide empirical evidence to substantiate the impact of various employer policies and practices on the prevention and management of workplace disability. It studied a random sample of 220 Michigan establishments with more than 100 employees from seven different industries who responded to a mail survey in the first half of 1991. The study correlates differences in employer-reported levels of achievement on policy and practice dimensions with performance on disability outcome measures, while controlling for a set of establishment characteristics in a multivariate regression analysis.


The Workers' Compensation System Of British Columbia: Still In Transition, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth, Michael J. Leahy Nov 2012

The Workers' Compensation System Of British Columbia: Still In Transition, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth, Michael J. Leahy

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Workers' Compensation System In Michigan: A Closed Case Survey, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Workers' Compensation System In Michigan: A Closed Case Survey, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

Provides a data base for analysis of workers' comp issues in Michigan, and offers a comparison between cases from insured and self-insured employers.


Ensuring Health And Income Security For An Aging Workforce, Peter Budetti, Richard V. Burkhauser, Janice M. Gregory, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Ensuring Health And Income Security For An Aging Workforce, Peter Budetti, Richard V. Burkhauser, Janice M. Gregory, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

The chapters explore implications of an aging workforce for a number of social programs in the coming decades, and point to the critical policy issues we must face when growing numbers of older workers begin to strain the capacity of those programs.


The Third Way: Prevention And Compensation Of Work Injury In Victoria, Australia, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Alan Clayton, Ralph Mcginn, Robert W. Klein, Terrance J. Bogyo Nov 2012

The Third Way: Prevention And Compensation Of Work Injury In Victoria, Australia, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Alan Clayton, Ralph Mcginn, Robert W. Klein, Terrance J. Bogyo

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Disability Prevention Among Michigan Employers, 1988-1993, H. Allan Hunt, Rochelle Virginia Habeck, Brett Vantol, Susan M. Scully Nov 2012

Disability Prevention Among Michigan Employers, 1988-1993, H. Allan Hunt, Rochelle Virginia Habeck, Brett Vantol, Susan M. Scully

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Inflation Protection For Workers' Compensation Claimants In Michigan: A Simulation Study, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Inflation Protection For Workers' Compensation Claimants In Michigan: A Simulation Study, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

Explores the idea of a privately funded, publicly administered benefit adjustment program to protect wc beneficiaries from inflation.


Analysis Of Persistence In Employer Injury Rates: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Analysis Of Persistence In Employer Injury Rates: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Compromise And Release Settlements In Workers' Compensation: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth Nov 2012

Compromise And Release Settlements In Workers' Compensation: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Earnings Losses For Injured Workers, H. Allan Hunt, Kelly Derango, Eva Madly Nov 2012

Earnings Losses For Injured Workers, H. Allan Hunt, Kelly Derango, Eva Madly

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Why Not The Best? Service Delivery Core Review Report, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Why Not The Best? Service Delivery Core Review Report, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Workers' Compensation Insurance In North America: Lessons For Victoria?, H. Allan Hunt, Robert W. Klein Nov 2012

Workers' Compensation Insurance In North America: Lessons For Victoria?, H. Allan Hunt, Robert W. Klein

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.