At the WCRI Annual Conference, a panel discussed the labor shortage’s impact on their organizations. The panel was: John Ruser – WCRI (moderator) Ann Marie Watkins – Kaiser Permanente Steve Perroots – Marriott International Vance Ayers – International Union of Elevator Constructors Joan Vincenz – United Airlines Airline One of the big lessons from this […]

At the 2022 NCCI Annual Insights Symposium, a session discussed how changes to the labor force are impacting workers’ compensation. The speakers were Len Herk and Carolyn Wise from NCCI. Highlights In the latest jobs report, there were over two million less people in the workforce compared to pre-pandemic figures from 2019. Labor shortages have […]

At the 2022 WCRI Annual Conference, Robert Hartwig, Associate Professor of Finance from the University of South Carolina, talked about a variety of issues impacting the economy and workers’ compensation. Inflation Overview and Impact The current drivers of inflation are rooted in pandemic-related supply chain disruption and monetary policy changes made in response to the […]