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1064
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Workers' compensation is a major issue for employee and employer alike. Many business owners claim that wholesale reform is needed to correct a workers' compensation system that is out of control.
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1096
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Senate Bill 906 was proposed to revamp workers' compensation laws. The implications of the bill for employers, employees, insurance companies and the healthcare industry are significant. Burtman draws on actual cases in order to illustrate the bill's possible effects.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 21, May 1993,
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1824
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Representatives of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry worked together with legislators to enact major reforms to the state workers' compensation system.
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2393
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With workers' compensation costs and claims rising, the 1994 General Assembly instituted reforms including capping medical fees, redrawing the statute of limitation on medical claims, and expanding the Industrial Commission staff handling appeals.
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2502
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Compromise between employer and insurance interests' desire to curtail benefits and workers' desire to keep them resulted in the N.C. Workers' Reform Act of 1994, which benefitted both groups, for example, in cost containment.
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29351
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Through the North Carolina Rate Bureau, insurance companies have filed a proposed 41.8 percent increase in the rates charged employees for worker's compensation. Insurance companies argue that without increased rates their industry is threatened in the state.
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29440
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Although the North Carolina General Assembly rescinded a 20% surtax on unemployment insurance, worker's compensation rates have risen nearly 16% or more for fields such as construction and mining. Along with skyrocketing rates, a recent NC Supreme Court ruling exposed employers to liabilities brought by injured workers, breaking the worker's compensation barrier.
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