Tips for reducing workers’ comp costs
One way to reduce your workers’ compensation costs is to encourage employees to return to work as soon as they are able. For example, you can make available light-duty positions for injured employees who may not be ready to return to more demanding jobs. Work with your insurance carrier to develop a light-duty program.
ADA, FMLA and workers’ compensation
Employees injured at work may also be disabled under the ADA or the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) and have a serious health condition under the FMLA. So, make sure you coordinate any unpaid leave and reasonable accommodations, such as light-duty work or intermittent leave, in handling ADA, MHRA and FMLA claims with the insurance carrier. Nothing will sink a case faster than evidence that an employer acquiesced to a workers’ comp claim but refused to allow an FMLA claim for the same condition.
One way to reduce your workers’ compensation costs is to encourage employees to return to work as soon as they are able. For example, you can make available light-duty positions for injured employees who may not be ready to return to more demanding jobs. Work with your insurance carrier to develop a light-duty program.