Apply workers’ compensation management regulations and concepts to the following workplace scenario:
You are a newly hired environmental safety and health professional for a midsized manufacturer of widgets. You currently have three manufacturing facilities in three separate, but geographically close states.
Complete a research paper that compares and contrasts the differences between the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
In your paper, you should
- discuss the differences and similarities between workers’ rights in the three different states (e.g., definition of employee, wages paid, weeks of temporary disability, etc.),
- identify and explain the commonalities in the fundamental laws of the workers’ compensation system in the three states,
- interpret the resources that are available for employers in each state (e.g., monthly courses taught, written guidance, employer rights, etc.),
- discuss the types of coverage available to employees in each state, and
- argue which state is more employer friendly from an employer’s perspective when it comes to administering a workers’ compensation program.
Be sure to use the tools provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation (DFEC) web page. The webpage is located at https://www.dol.gov/owcp/dfec/regs/compliance/wc.htm. This page provides a link to the workers’ compensation board for each of the 50 states as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
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