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Successful Initiatives For Disability Prevention: Site Visits Provide Practical Suggestions For Employers, Rochelle Habeck, H. Hunt Nov 2012

Successful Initiatives For Disability Prevention: Site Visits Provide Practical Suggestions For Employers, Rochelle Habeck, H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Expert Advisory Panel On Occupational Health And Safety, H. Hunt Nov 2012

Expert Advisory Panel On Occupational Health And Safety, H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

This project developed a set of recommendations to improve occupational health and safety in Ontario, Canada. The project addressed the roles and responsibilities of the occupational health and safety system partners and the role of the joint health and safety committees. It evaluated the information and data collection and exchange, the use of technology, and incentives in the system. Supply chain and subcontracting issues were also discussed.


Institute Research And Public Policy On Disability, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Institute Research And Public Policy On Disability, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Introduction [To Inflation Protection For Workers' Compensation Claimants In Michigan], H. Hunt Nov 2012

Introduction [To Inflation Protection For Workers' Compensation Claimants In Michigan], H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


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.


Washington Pension System Review, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Washington Pension System Review, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Employee Retention And Integrated Disability Management Practices As Demand Side Factors, Rochelle Habeck, H. Hunt, Colleen Rachel, John Kregel, Fong Chan Nov 2012

Employee Retention And Integrated Disability Management Practices As Demand Side Factors, Rochelle Habeck, H. Hunt, Colleen Rachel, John Kregel, Fong Chan

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Understanding The New Policy Environment, H. Hunt Nov 2012

Understanding The New Policy Environment, H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


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.


Introduction [To Adequacy Of Earnings Replacement In Workers' Compensation Programs], H. Hunt Nov 2012

Introduction [To Adequacy Of Earnings Replacement In Workers' Compensation Programs], H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Intrastate Differences In Workers' Compensation Costs: October 1986 Closed Case Study, H. Allan Hunt, Leslie E. Lance Nov 2012

Intrastate Differences In Workers' Compensation Costs: October 1986 Closed Case Study, H. Allan Hunt, Leslie E. Lance

H. Allan Hunt

It is the goal of this study to present an empirical description of the Michigan workers' compensation system as of 1986 which will enable the comparison of the operation of the current system with the 1978 system in order to measure the impact of the policy changes implemented in the early 1980s.


Two Rounds Of Workers' Compensation Reform In Michigan, H. Hunt Nov 2012

Two Rounds Of Workers' Compensation Reform In Michigan, H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


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.


Discussion [Of State Regulatory Policy And Economic Development By Robert Tannenwald], H. Hunt Nov 2012

Discussion [Of State Regulatory Policy And Economic Development By Robert Tannenwald], H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Successful Employer Strategies For Preventing And Managing Disability, Rochelle Habeck, Susan Scully, Brett Vantol, H. Hunt Nov 2012

Successful Employer Strategies For Preventing And Managing Disability, Rochelle Habeck, Susan Scully, Brett Vantol, H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Accountability: Comparing And Benchmarking Performance Of Wc Systems, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Accountability: Comparing And Benchmarking Performance Of Wc Systems, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


The Incidence Of Workers' Compensation Claims In Michigan: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

The Incidence Of Workers' Compensation Claims In Michigan: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Michigan Closed Case Survey: Origins And Technical Description, H. Hunt Nov 2012

Michigan Closed Case Survey: Origins And Technical Description, H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


The Recent Moderation In Workers' Compensation Costs In Michigan And The Nation, John Burton, H. Hunt, Alan Krueger Nov 2012

The Recent Moderation In Workers' Compensation Costs In Michigan And The Nation, John Burton, H. Hunt, Alan Krueger

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Disability Management Perspectives: Developing Accommodating Work Environments Through Disability Management, Rochelle Virginia Habeck, H. Allan Hunt Nov 2012

Disability Management Perspectives: Developing Accommodating Work Environments Through Disability Management, Rochelle Virginia Habeck, H. Allan Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Disability And Work: Lessons From The Private Sector, H. Hunt, Rochelle Habeck, Patricia Owens, David Vandergoot Nov 2012

Disability And Work: Lessons From The Private Sector, H. Hunt, Rochelle Habeck, Patricia Owens, David Vandergoot

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Open Competition In Michigan On The Employers' Costs Of Workers' Compensation, H. Hunt, Alan Krueger, John Burton Nov 2012

The Impact Of Open Competition In Michigan On The Employers' Costs Of Workers' Compensation, H. Hunt, Alan Krueger, John Burton

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


New Technologies And The Employment Of Disabled Persons, H. Hunt, Monroe Berkowitz Nov 2012

New Technologies And The Employment Of Disabled Persons, H. Hunt, Monroe Berkowitz

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.


Performance Measurement In Workers' Compensation Systems, H. Hunt Nov 2012

Performance Measurement In Workers' Compensation Systems, H. Hunt

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


The Des Analysis/Evaluation Plan: Task 4, Report 8, H. Allan Hunt, Kelly Derango, Richard V. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler Nov 2012

The Des Analysis/Evaluation Plan: Task 4, Report 8, H. Allan Hunt, Kelly Derango, Richard V. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Economic Incentives And Disincentives In Vocational Rehabilitation, Rochelle Habeck, H. Hunt, Jodi Saunders Nov 2012

Economic Incentives And Disincentives In Vocational Rehabilitation, Rochelle Habeck, H. Hunt, Jodi Saunders

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.