Permanent disability at private, self-insured firms : a study of earnings loss, replacement, and return to work for workers' compensation claimants /

Employers that self-insure for workers' compensation have greater incentives than insured employers to return injured employees to work as quickly as possible. And because self-insured firms typically are larger, they often have more opportunities to offer injured workers modified work. This re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Reville, Robert T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001.
Subjects:
Workers' compensation > United States > Case studies.
Disabilities > United States > Case studies.
Travail > Accidents > Indemnisation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Handicap > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Disabilities
Workers' compensation
United States
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Self-Insurance in California and Implications for Return to Work and Replacement of Lost Earnings
  • Measuring Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates
  • Data
  • Results on Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates
  • Comparing Results on Return to Work at Insured and Self-Insured Firms
  • Results on Earnings Losses and Replacement Rates by Severity of Injury
  • Explaining the Differences: the Impact of Firm Size and Pre-Injury Earnings on Wage Loss and Replacement Rates
  • Summary and Implications for Adequacy of Compensation
  • Summary and Implications for Adequacy of Compensation
  • Appendix B: Responses from Workers' Compensation Stakeholders on Report Findings.

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