Eastern Alliance Insurance (EAI) Group, a casualty insurance company based out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, recently opened a new facility in Grandeville. The group had previously expanded into Indiana before making Michigan part of its footprint too. It is expected that EAI Group will specialize in providing workers compensation coverage to Michigan employers. The insurance provider markets itself to employers by offering various different plan optionsContinue reading
Category Archives: Workers’ Compensation
Michigan Teacher Files Workers’ Compensation Claim
A Detroit teacher who broke up a fight between her students with a broom has filed a workers’ compensation claim. The woman made headlines after the video of her using the broom went viral. According to reports, she was initially fired and then rehired after the incident by Michigan’s turnaround school district. Unfortunately, medical health professionals have prohibited her from returning to work as theContinue reading
Michigan telemedicine rises in workers’ compensation claims
According to industry reports, “telemedicine” is rapidly growing as a tool in the treatment of injured workers across the country, including Saginaw. Telemedicine is defined as the virtual interaction between two people during the workers’ compensation claims process. The process has been used for decades as doctors and pharmacists telephone injured workers. Nonetheless, it has evolved with technology to include everything from taking vital signsContinue reading
Michigan Governor approves workers’ compensation changes
Governor Rick Snyder has recently signed into law a package of bills amending Michigan’s workers’ compensation laws. The bills were spurred by the experience of Delphi Co. employees who were denied benefits following the company’s bankruptcy in 2005. While some of the law’s provisions are specifically geared towards Delphi’s former employees, the majority of the legislation is meant to prevent such a situation from occurringContinue reading
Michigan workers’ compensation outcomes studied
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute recently released a new study highlighting certain predictors affecting whether and when injured workers return to work. The researchers conducted their study by taking thousands of phone surveys of workers who has received benefits in the last several years. The study looked at eight states, including Michigan. According to the results of the research, trust in the workplace was oneContinue reading
Contractor cited for workers’ compensation violations
A Michigan sub-contractor was part of a construction project in which one company was fined approximately $36,000 by Connecticut authorities for failing to provide workers with appropriate insurance. According to reports, three contractors, including the Michigan sub-contractor, all of which were working on a new Apple store in West Hartford, Connecticut, failed to provide their employees with workers’ compensation coverage. Despite the Department of LaborContinue reading
Michigan city worker struck, injured by hose on the job
A worker employed by the City of Detroit was injured recently while doing some sewer work on the city’s east side. According to reports, the man was working on a sewer issue near Glenwood and Queen when he was hit in the midsection area by a pressured hose. The worker was transported to St. John’s Hospital where he received medical treatment for injuries which, fortunately,Continue reading
Workers’ compensation protects Michigan families
A tragic story out of a nearby state has local Saginaw workers concerned for the welfare of their families. According to reports, a 55-year-old woman was killed at work while she sorted donations to a thrift store. The woman and a co-employee saw a bulge in a sock that was included in a box of donated materials. When the other employee went to empty theContinue reading
Workers’ compensation claims in Michigan to surge?
For some workers in Michigan, there are a lot of potential dangers in the work environment. These dangers could become magnified and more likely if a worker does not get an adequate amount of sleep. For all of those people bemoaning daylight savings time, you are not alone. In fact, research shows that the Monday following the annual spring forward ritual, workplace injuries surge. TheContinue reading
Basics of workers’ compensation benefits in Michigan
Workplace injuries can happen in a split-second. After being injured at work, many workers don’t know what to do. The most important thing a worker should do after being injured on-the-job is seek immediate medical attention depending on the severity of the injury. In addition to seeking medical attention, workers should also report their injury to their employer as soon as possible. After getting medical attention,Continue reading
