3 Concerning Trends for Injured and Ill Workers

Excerpt (Christopher Godfrey, Dept Labor):  “Last week, the nonprofit, nonpartisan National Academy of Social Insurance published their annual, comprehensive study of trends in workers’ compensation. In NASI’s 2022 report, which reviews data from 2016–2020, I noted three trends in workers’ compensation that are troubling for workers injured or sickened in the workplace;  1.) The number of U.S. workers covered by workers’ compensation has decreased;  2.) States are paying fewer total benefits to injured workers;  3.) Some states are considering ways to make workers’ compensation optional.”