Monthly Archives: April 2011

The impetus for the formation of the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) came directly out of our reactions in 1992 to California’s proposed Universal Coverage (as it was known then) and its impact on employers. At that point we very … Continue reading →

On this day we recall that every year around 337 million people are victims of work accidents and more than 2.3 million people die because of occupational injuries or work-related diseases. From mines to chemical plants, from offices to fields, … Continue reading →

“Now, basically, there is no difference between a safety effort and a management or production effort. Good safety experience and good production methods go hand in hand. Safety cannot be separated in any way from proper day-to-day production operations. The … Continue reading →

Looking at the grand scale of the workers’ compensation industry and its related history within the United States can be a humbling experience. Described as “the great compromise”, it is a simple idea wrapped within an enormously complex machine with … Continue reading →

In 1972 the National Commission on State Workers’ Compensation Laws, created by the Nixon administration, addressed the “inequitable and inadequate” status of those laws with 19 “essential” recommendations for improvement. After a brief flurry of activity in the states over … Continue reading →