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Article: Workers comp success depends on quality analysis.(Opinion)
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- Business Insurance
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- February 9, 2009
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Byline: Rebecca A. Shafer
Your workers compensation program requires a thorough and systematic assessment to avoid trying to implement solutions that are as misguided as the old joke of looking for a nickel where you didn't drop it, says Rebecca A. Shafer, a Storrs, Conn.-based consultant and attorney, who developed the Workers' Comp Kit online for Amaxx Risk Solutions Inc. Such reviews are essential to return employees to the job quickly, reduce costs and weigh effectiveness, she says.
A guy is looking under a street light for a nickel he dropped. When quizzed, he says he lost it elsewhere, but he's searching that spot "because the light is better ...