|
Expert Answers to Biz Questions Listen in! Pick up some expert advice to a reader's question that we selected from CyberSchmooz.
7 Misconceptions About Workers' Comp Insurance
Every employer needs to have workers’ compensation insurance. As an employer or prospective employer, you likely already know that workers’ comp insurance is meant to protect employees who are hurt while they’re on the clock or in your workplace. But you might be surprised to learn about some of the features of workers’ comp insurance and how it works, because even among employers, it’s a topic ripe with misconceptions. Top Misconceptions About Workers’ Comp These are some of the biggest and most notable misconceptions about workers’ comp insurance:
Building Your Understanding The best thing you can do as an employer is improve your own understanding about how workers’ comp insurance works. Make sure to talk to your provider about exactly what’s covered and how to file a claim, and do research about workers’ comp laws in your state and region to see if there are any peculiarities you need to watch for. Most of all, when an employee does need to make a claim, make sure you follow the legal procedures to the letter, and do everything you can to make the process as smooth as possible.
Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News
Copyright 1995-2024, Idea Cafe Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from Idea Cafe Inc.
DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. Idea Cafe Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from Idea Cafe. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business, CyberSchmooz, and BizCafe.
|
|