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Navigating FL WC – for Healthcare Employers

Firm News

July 15, 2022

Paul Luger spoke yesterday with WC contacts representing 10+ HCA facilities about “Navigating Florida’s Workers’ Compensation System.”  This “soup to nuts” presentation covers everything that healthcare employers need to know about handling comp claims, and was extremely well received.   Highlights include:

Pre-Employment (Application post-hiring verbal questionnaire, new hire training & documents)

New Hire (Importance of application, prior employment history, detailed job description, post-hire medical questions & general considerations)

When an Injury Occurs (Notification, drug testing, clinics, witnesses, RTW programs; purpose, documentation, restrictions, work offers, light duty)

Terminations (Documentation, layoff versus misconduct; five common supervisor mistakes)

Supporting the Employer in Litigation (Depositions, use & admissibility of surveillance, surveillance tips, discovery of personal information)

If you’d like to schedule this comprehensive, interactive session for your team, contact ncurry@hrlawflorida.com