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Helping hands in health care industry can get hurt, too

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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Earlier this year, a North Carolina business journal listed the 10 jobs expected to grow fastest in our state in 2017. Five of the top 10 were in the health care industry and included jobs such as nurse practitioner, physical therapy assistant and physician assistant. Health care positions also include…

Car vaults into air in highway crash northeast of Charlotte

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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If you have driven northeast of Charlotte on Highway 601 North in Cabarrus County, you likely passed some of the scenery you can see whizzing by in a video that has gone viral in social media. The 3 and a half minute video shows a driver careening from side to…

Study: Many injured North Carolina workers can’t return to work

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is not an organization that typically makes news. The low-profile group is nonpartisan and nonprofit; it focuses on research into workers’ comp-related issues. The WCRI has peered closely at North Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, among its many studies. Research shows that in our state, between…

Slow down: work ahead on North Carolina streets and highways

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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It’s an annual tradition: the streets and highways leading in and out of Charlotte slow down as the summer construction season grinds on. Sometimes sections of I-85, I-77 and I-277 seem like the slowest routes to take because of construction work zones. Unsurprisingly, some drivers want to as rapidly as…

SSDI approval process: slow and difficult

On Behalf of Christian Ayers
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The odds and waits are long, but Social Security Disability Insurance applicants usually have little choice but to take their chances with the federal program. The odds of approval are less than 50-50, according to a recent National Public Radio report. (Charlotte’s NPR station is WFAE.) And the wait for a…