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If you're looking to implement or tweak your return-to-work program, a California-based system may offer some valuable strategies. The head of the program says strong lines of communication, buy-in from supervisors and employees, and executive-level support are critical.

What do Bob Petrie, Mary Ann Stiles, Vinny Armentano and Dan Kugler all have in common?

How to obtain a summary judgment based on an administrative law judge's agreement with the carrier's claims position.

We've announced the 2010 Theodore Roosevelt Workers' Compensation and Disability Management Award winners.

Our new award program for 2011 will focus on comprehensive and dynamic injury prevention. Find out more about it here.

Like it or not, social media has arrived at the front door of the workers' comp system. Many longtime workers' comp participants are finding valuable opportunities to connect with experts throughout the country as well as identify potential new clients.

Safety and loss control are only a portion of an effective injury prevention program. That's the driving message behind a session on developing a strategic approach to workplace injuries.

We asked three experts in workers' compensation and information technology to share their views on what advances have been particularly beneficial, and what the future holds.

If your front-line managers have just five minutes per day to devote to employee safety, what would you tell them to do? That's the question Aramark Corp.'s director of decision support will help answer.

The excess workers' comp insurance market looks to keep shrinking, battered by the soft primary market, healthcare reform and failures among self-insured groups.

Workers' comp experts might not be familiar with medical foods, but they could be a major cost driver of workers' comp medical expenses.

The workers' compensation industry is wasting billions of dollars each year due to inaccurate assessments of injured workers, according to experts who reviewed more than 6,000 impairment ratings done between 2006 and January 2010. The study authors say many in the industry are likely unaware of the financial impact -- or what they can do about it.

Insurers and employers trying to protect themselves against liability issues may want to take a close look at medical marijuana laws.

Personal protective equipment is an essential part of keeping workers free from injuries on the jobs. However, according to a recent survey, nearly all health and safety professionals said that their employees had at some point failed to wear the necessary equipment to protect themselves on the job.

Employees who work for companies that provide child and dependent care report significantly less stress and better health than workers without such benefits, according to a report.

EMPLOYERS' chief discusses lessons that he learned in reshaping the Nevada workers' comp system from a public fund to a viable private marketplace.