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If you own or manage a small business this is the most comprehensive resource to help you take a bit out of your workers' compensation premiums.
Although most small business are required to purchase workers' compensation insurance, they are often burdened with a host of unfair disadvantages. To further
tilt the scales, most small businesses lack the expertise and resources to effectively control the things that influence workers' compensation premiums most.
Learn to
- Identify and correct classification errors
- Apply for legislated premium discounts
- Erect road block to deter workers' comp fraud
- Control the cost of claims through modified duty
- Tap into free and low-cost sources of assistance
- Prevent employee injuries intentionally and systematically
- Employ a strategy for addressing injury repeaters
- Measure the effectiveness of your efforts properly
- Implement a small business wellness campaign
About the Authors - Barry Spurlock and Keith Wertz are workers' compensation loss control consultants who annually assist hundreds of small business employers
minimize the frequency of workers' compensation claims, and effectively manage claims costs, fraud and abuse of the workers' compensation system. Having
both operated small businesses, the authors are well aware of the unique challenges facing small business owners and managers. Their counsel is not only
sound but practical as well. Now you can benefit from their insight, expertise and more than 25 years of collective professional experience.