As Newfront’s Occupational Health & Safety practice leader, Robin leads a team of experienced workers’ compensation claims management, wellness initiative, and loss mitigation and strategy consultants. Robin, and her team, work with employers to reduce occupational risk exposures, implementing best practices to control claim costs, and keeping employees safe, healthy, and productive.
COVID-19 2020, 2021……and its tenacious continuation On March 13, 2020 the President declared a national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. As we enter into 2022, the coronavirus persists to evolve with viral variants on a global scale. Centers of Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) has continued to track and update the number […]
December 28th 2021
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The history of establishing a workers’ compensation (WC) system in the United States started during the Industrial Revolution, driven by an increased public awareness around unsafe working conditions and a need to change the way workplace injuries and deaths were compensated to injured workers and their families. In 1911, the U.S. saw the enactment of […]
June 14th 2021
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The Department of Industrial Relations has reported California’s 2016 occupational injury and illness data. Data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses showed California’s overall incidence rate was at the lowest it has been in over a decade, with a reported 3.7 cases per 100 full time workers. […]
December 14th 2017
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Establishing a health and safety committee is an effective way to support a company’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program by providing an opportunity for management and employees to work together on promoting safety and well-being for all employees.
April 1st 2017
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