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Study: Many injured North Carolina workers can’t return to work
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
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
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…
Changes coming as workforce ages
They say that the one constant in life is change. The U.S. workforce has changed in recent decades as more women chose to pursue careers and as technology made fundamental alterations to the way businesses operate and offer goods and services to the world. A recent article in the Claims…
Police: Wrong-way drunk driver killed North Carolina woman
The initial news reports of the crash were short and to the point: An 80-year-old woman was badly injured in a North Carolina head-on crash by a wrong-way, DWI driver. She died of the injuries a few days later, a TV station reported. The 28-year-old man who was headed north in the…
SSDI income is taxed at varying rates
The cycling of money through the Social Security system can be confusing. Forbes recently undertook to explain one facet of it: the several ways in which Social Security Disability Insurance income can be taxed by the same federal government that writes SSDI benefits checks. Forbes contributor Peter J. Reilly notes that SSDI…
Workplace injury risks for teens
Many of our Charlotte readers know that one of the proudest moments a parent has is when their child gets their first job. Whether it’s a part-time job at a car wash or restaurant or office, it can be a big part of the transition from teen to adult. While…
Speed, drunkenness, mayhem on a North Carolina morning
If you take Interstate 85 northeast of Charlotte, you will soon come to Salisbury. A recent motor vehicle crash there combined several elements common in serious accidents: an allegedly drunk driver, high speeds and poor judgment. The result was a three-car crash that caused injuries to motorists. Law enforcement officials…
Smoke clears around source of added pain
One of the worst injuries a person can suffer is to their spinal cord. The effects of the injury depend, of course, on severity, but also on which vertebrae is damaged. According to new research, there is evidence showing that pain is worsened in people with spinal cord injury by…
Study: Wide variance in workers’ comp benefits
There is a whole host of concerns that a person experiences when they are injured at work. First and foremost, of course, there are health issues to be taken care of. But once those have been addressed and recovery has begun, someone who faces the possibility of missing work and…
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