Iowa

Apr 09, 2015

Examining Workers’ Compensation Costs to Employers
Examining Workers’ Compensation Costs to Employers

Government, Iowa, Legislation, Nebraska, Uncategorized, Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation Reform

Examining Workers’ Compensation Costs to Employers

By Leonard Jernigan|April 9th, 2015|Government, Iowa, Legislation, Nebraska, Uncategorized, Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation Reform|0 Comments

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey 1991 - 2014 (Credit: Sisi Wei/ProPublica) Today's post comes from guest author Rod Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Business and insurance interests are bombarding state legislatures every day of the week to take workers'’ rights away by complaining how most states’ workers'’ compensation systems are too expensive. [...]

Jun 05, 2014

What’s the Connection Between Worker Safety, Employer Profit, and Voting?
What’s the Connection Between Worker Safety, Employer Profit, and Voting?

Iowa, Nebraska, Uncategorized, Workers' Compensation, Workplace Safety

What’s the Connection Between Worker Safety, Employer Profit, and Voting?

By Leonard Jernigan|June 5th, 2014|Iowa, Nebraska, Uncategorized, Workers' Compensation, Workplace Safety|0 Comments

Today's post comes from guest author Rod Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.A recent newspaper article about a Nebraska lawyer fighting against imposing OSHA regulations on small businesses and farms that handle grain illustrates an age-old conflict between Worker (human) safety and Business (corporate) profit. The lawyer argued OSHA compliance is too expensive for small [...]