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I'm having a problem with employees reporting there injuries at the time it happen. They are coming two or three day after the injurie happen. Is there any one out there that can give me some advice.
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Reporting Work Injuries
posted at 7/24/2003 8:33 AM EDT
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If you're in Canada, there's not really very much you can do except keep encouraging 'em to report injuries asap. Canadian provincial WCBs and similar don't allow employers to penalize their injured workers for reporting late. (However they DO allow employers to penalize supervisors of injured workers for late reporting of injuries they're aware of.) |
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Reporting Work Injuries
posted at 7/29/2003 8:23 AM EDT
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First: 7/29/2003 Last: 7/29/2003 |
Part of the problem is that we want to "make" employees "do" things. HR people need to think of ways to have employees want to do things. Work today is not the most enjoyable part of people's lives. I know how difficult HR is today. I know of a company some year's ago that adopted the "Walt Disney Philosophy of Management". I never saw such happy and productive people. They actually had a statue of Mickey Mouse as the magician's assistant. When sales were down in a specific department, instead of threatening and grmbling, the boss would bring Mickey to the department to work his magic. The salesman would get a shot of enthusiam and in most cases sales would increase! I am in Texas, where the same claim in Workers Comp costs 80% more than if it were a health claim. We do not have to stay in the state workers comp ystem. many employers take the risk of "opting out" and put in an accident and injury program that allows them more control over the claims and the employees even though they open themselves up to lawsuits. Here,you have to be creative. Good safety programs, education, repitition of expectations is what counts. Start a program that lasts for 2 months. Points are given for following the rules, not if an accident takes place because that will happen. Give points for employees who point out safety problems or save employees from safety risks. Move a trophy from department to department or give recognition in some other way. Give every department a chance to compete to help the company reach it's safety goal. make the "rules" be part of the game. In hard economic times, people are not sure of what tomorrow brings, some are looking to secure their future, we see more fraud, even if you have to be in the system, get control of costs, follow up with your adjusters, but make safety and reporting of injuries part of the gameplan and make the gameplan have a positive result that the employees will enjoy working toward.
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Reporting Work Injuries
posted at 7/31/2003 9:14 PM EDT
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First: 9/30/2000 Last: 8/19/2011 |
Do you have a policy that outlines how and when to report incidents? In most areas (not sure about CA), if you have a policy in place that stipulates timelines for reporting incidents and the employee fails to do so, it doesn't fall as hard on the employer. Not to mention, if you have individuals who fail to comply with company policies there is another route to travel. In the past, we have had to discipline employees (in a unionized environment) for failing to report as we did have a policy in place. We are now at a point where non-reporting is an exception and not the norm.
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