Appalachian State University to Host North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Conference
Appalachian State University will host a symposium on North Carolina workers’ compensation from August 1st to August 2nd in Winston-Salem, NC at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The symposium offers an opportunity for insurance professionals, lawmakers, employers, attorneys, regulators, and economists to get together to discuss critical issues about the state’s workers’ comp system.
For more information, go to http://insurance.appstate.edu// — you can also register online there. The price is $129 if you register by the 10th of July and $149 after that. The symposium is titled: “North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation System: is the “compensation bargain” still working for both employers and employees in our state?”
The conference aims to take a deeper and more levelheaded look at the so-called North Carolina workers’ compensation bargain – the idea that injured workers should be covered for medical care and missed wages in exchange for not filing negligence claims or debating questions of fault. Ideally, the system should move cases through faster because establishing fault is not the key issue. In practice, however, many North Carolina workers’ compensation claims end up tied up in court, potentially creating a drag on the system and even on the economy as a whole.
Some of the brightest minds and luminaries in the arena of North Carolina workers’ compensation will attend this conference. Special speakers include Nicole Coomer, an economist at the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, Jay Norris, the President of the North Carolina Association of Self Insurers, Carol Telles, an analyst at the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, and Pamela Young, the Chair of the North Carolina Industrial Commission.
If you or a loved one faces an intractable problem with your benefits or insurer; or if you need help understanding anything about the process, connect today with a knowledgeable and a results-proven North Carolina workers’ compensation attorney.
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