Concerned about how workers’ compensation law is changing – and how your practices may be impacted?

Failing to stay on top of current workers’ compensation issues is full of hazards – including lost productivity and wages, medical and administrative costs, and fraudulent claims. Attend this seminar and update your knowledge of workers’ compensation laws while delving into more advanced areas, such as understanding permanent and total disability.

Walk away with the skills you need to guard against workers’ compensation related costs and risks. Gain up-to-the-minute strategies you can use immediately in the complex world of workers’ compensation.

Benefits for You
• Get best practices to reduce costs associated with workers’ compensation claims
• Get a handle on return-to-work procedures and issues
• Sort through the complex interplay of workers’ compensation with leave and disability laws
• Hear innovative approaches to preventing claims

Date: 2012-05-02
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24016
(540) 985-5900

8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 am – 10:30 am Anticipation of Workers’ Compensation Claims: An Employer’s Perspective
— Brian J. Rife
• Employee Accidents
• Accident Reporting Issues
• Employee Medical Treatment Issues
• Employee Job Description Issues

10:30 am – 10:45 am Break

10:45 am – 11:15 am Anticipation of Workers’ Compensation Claims: An Employer’s Perspective (Continued)
— Brian J. Rife
• Employee and Potential Employee Drug and Alcohol Issues in Southwest Virginia
• Drug Culture and Monitoring of Injured Workers Under Awards
• Drug Testing
• Workers’ Compensation and Unemployment Defenses Related to Drug Use

11:15 am – 12:30 pm “What, Me Work?” - The Employees’ Obligation to Search for Suitable Light-Duty Employment
— Richard S. Sperbeck

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch (On Your Own)

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Know Your Playbook: The Best Offense Is a Good Defense
— Richard S. Sperbeck
• Who Is My “Employee”?
• Employee Must Give Timely Notice of Accident
• Statute of Limitations
• Willful Misconduct (Intoxication, Safety Rule Violations, etc.)
• Was There Really an “Injury by Accident”?
• Injury Did Not “Arise Out of” Employment
• Employee Was Not “In the Course of” Employment
• The Personal Comfort Doctrine
• The Going and Coming Rule …. and the Exceptions
• Horseplay and Assault
• Occupational Stress and Psychological Injuries
• What Happened? – Idiopathic and Unexplained Accidents
• Work-Related Recreational Activities (Picnics, Parties, Sporting Events, etc.)
• Incarceration of the Employee
• Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault
• Compensable Consequences and Consequence of a Compensable Consequence
• Medical Treatment Issues and Defenses

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm Insurance Fraud?
— Frankie Scott
• What Is Insurance Fraud?
• Why Is It Beneficial to Investigate Insurance Fraud?
• When to Investigate a Claim
• How to Win a Claim

Moderator: Brian J. Rife, Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C. Frankie Scott, New River Security & Investigations, Inc. Richard S. Sperbeck, Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C.

HR Certification Institute 6.0 ,HRPD 1.0 ,PACE 7.0 including ChFC 7; CLF 7; CLU 7; REBC 7; RHU 7 ,VA CLE 6.0

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This seminar is designed for human resource professionals, attorneys, occupational health nurses, safety managers, insurance claims representatives, business managers, benefits professionals, risk managers and rehabilitation specialists.

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