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Risk Management Practitioner Course #4: Workers' Compensation

Overview

The EIA has partnered with CJPIA and CPS HR to offer five(5), one-day in person training courses, which provide the building blocks to establish, develop and embed risk management as a business process in your public sector organization.  Click for the description of all 5 courses.

Course #4: Workers' Compensation

This workshop will help public entity practitioners understand the purpose and history of the Workers’ Compensation scheme and gain a deep understanding of the legal framework that includes enforcement agencies and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB).

Participants will learn how to effectively administer standard workers’ compensation and employer’s liability policies within their agencies. This will include claims administration issues such as recordkeeping, reserving, and various audits, such as state, independent, excess, and employer audits.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Gain insight into the development and history of the Workers' Compensation scheme
  • Identify benefits available to injured workers, along with the core concept of “exclusive remedy”
  • Increase their knowledge of California-specific laws and regulations, including the Labor Code, the Code of Regulations, and important administrative players: the Administrative Director, the WCAB and Workers' Compensation Judges
  • Increase their awareness of the employer's duty to secure compensation insurance and the various forms of permissible insurance, including self-insurance and pooling
  • Become familiar with the structure and form of the workers' compensation and employers' liability policies, as well as penalties for illegally uninsured employers
  • Become familiar with the principles of claims investigation, including: acceptance, delay and investigation, or denial; the use of “sub rosa” or surveillance
  • And more!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  • Class seating is limited - sign up early!
  • Registration Fee: $199
  • Registration/cancellation is available through 2/12/20

Need More Info or Help?
We hope you can join us. Feel free to contact Member Services for more details.

Phone: 916-850-7300
Email: memberservices@csac-eia.org

Event Type

Seminar

Meeting Date

  • Wednesday, February 19, 2020
    8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Event Location

CPS HR Training Center
2450 Del Paso Road, Suite 120
Sacramento, CA 95834
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Travel Notes

Event Type

Seminar

Meeting Date

  • Wednesday, February 19, 2020
    8:30 AM – 4:30 PM