Worker's Compensation Law Symposium
DATES and LOCATIONS:
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010, VJS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, (Host) PEWAUKEE
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
This Symposium provides human resource professionals, employers, insurers, and health care providers with important legal and compliance assistance for two of the most challenging employment laws and regulations. Included in this full-day symposium, each attendee receives this new publication: Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Law: A Handbook for Employers. A few of the agenda items include: development and organization of Wisconsin’s worker’s compensation system, insurance requirements and rate; worker’s compensation coverage - employer, employee and injuries; benefits available to injured workers; employer claim administration strategies; preventing worker’s compensation fraud in your workplace; claims of particular importance to employers; and the relationship of worker’s compensation to other employment laws.
Presenter: Chuck Palmer, Managing partner of Michael Best & Friedrich’s Waukesha office
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
- A complete review of coverage under the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act and Federal FMLA
- Analysis of employee benefit eligibility and claim administration
- Fraud detection and prevention
- The relationship of worker’s compensation to other employment laws such as the ADA, state and federal family and medical leave laws, and other state and federal laws
PROGRAM AGENDA
Worker’s Compensation discussion items include:
- Development and organization of Wisconsin’s Worker’s Compensation System, insurance requirements and rates
- Worker’s compensation coverage — employer, employee and injuries
- Benefits available to injured workers
- Employer claim administration strategies
- Preventing worker’s compensation fraud in your workplace
- Claims of particular importance to employers
- The relationship of worker’s compensation to other employment laws
- NEW treatment guidelines
- Questions and answers
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
A must for human resource professionals, law professionals, business owners, claims managers, insurers, government officials, and anyone else working with worker’s compensation issues.
SCHEDULE
- Registration/Networking: 8:00 - 8:30 am; Course: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm (lunch is included)
For more information and to register, contact Pam Kelly at WSC, (800) 236-3400 x1., or by email at Turn on JavaScript!
