More than one in two adults (between 60 and 80 percent) suffer low back pain in their lifetimes and the condition is estimated to cost billions in healthcare and lost productivity every year. Now, an award-winning design for smart clothing…

(The following information has been contributed by Dr. Michael Kotler, MD, as a co-author of a Fitness for Duty Testing book being written with lead author, Dr. Bunch, and associates.) Occupational medicine professionals care for people working in a very…

Nielsen MB; Emberland JS; Knardahl S. Workplace Bullying as a Predictor of Disability Retirement: A Prospective Registry Study of Norwegian Employees. J Occup Environ Med. 2017; 59(7):609-614 (ISSN: 1536-5948) Workplace Bullying: A situation wherein an employee is persistently and systematically…

The Privacy Rule gives individuals the right to revoke, at any time, an Authorization they have given. The revocation, however, cannot be accepted verbally, but must be in writing. In addition, the written revocation is not effective until the covered…

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics (2016) musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) cases account for one-third of all worker injury and illness cases. Work-related MSDs (WMSDs), injuries of the joints, and nerves caused or aggravated by work, are among the most frequently…

The purpose of this WorkSaver newsletter article is to explain WorkSaver’s current physical agility testing policy related to test recipients using pain killing drugs and to provide guidance to employers on how to handle employees who are taking prescription medications,…

In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or the HIPAA was endorsed by the U.S. Congress. The HIPAA Privacy Rule, also called the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, provided the first nationally-recognizable regulations for the…

Background Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship. “In…

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), also referred to as obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH), is a sleep disorder that involves cessation or significant decrease in airflow in the presence of breathing effort. It is the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing and…

WorkSaver is happy to announce the implementation of its new online scheduling and testing software program. The software utilizes a secure, HIPAA compliant online system that allows our client companies easy access to scheduling and reporting. Once a WorkSaver client…