Has anyone here been forced by Ins Comp. to find new Doctor?

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Feb 9, 2015 9:31:04 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Feb 8, 2015 22:03:57 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

My employer was exactly the same, dj. Nobody was trying to take advantage of me, or cause me pain or injury. I had a choice, really. It was my choice to go to work and do something! I think most people would rather do that than sit around at home feeling miserable. It gives you something else to think about and a feeling of being useful.

Let's be honest here.

Both mmhmm's employer, and dj's business are under the control of the state OSHA boards and have to follow  federal and state guidelines.

I am sure dj thinks highly of his employees, but still, he is responsible for fulfilling Federal and State requirements that are demanded of the business.

DJ may be an exception, but 99% of all businesses try to comply with the regulations to stay out of trouble, fines, and higher insurance cost rather than make sure the employee is hunkey dory.

Businesses are not that benevolent 

i think that is a very negative view.  i think that most businesses BALANCE the concerns of the employee against that of the business.

however, i would also add this: a lot of businesses think that worker's comp is there just for this reason: to create a livelihood for those that have no wish to go through rehabilitation.  they are almost totally UNINVOLVED in the process, and just write checks.  it is a really stupid way to run a business, but a lot of businesses are stupid.

so, yeah, part of my reasoning is totally "business focused" (to get people OFF comp ASAP), as well as my reasoning that it is for THEIR benefit (which it is, but it is also for mine), but there is ALSO human concern there.  a business like ours is a SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.  guys trade albums of new music here.  they go play poker on Friday's.  they bitch about their wives and girlfriends.  they tease each other.  staying at home deprives them of all of that- and it affects their mental health, which in turn makes it harder to get back to work.  there is another aspect of this.  if someone gets injured, chances are they are a TRAINED employee.  it takes about six months for people to get up to speed here, so losing someone to an injury means LOSING THAT INVESTMENT.  i don't mind waiting a while to get it back, but i really do view human capital that way: it is better to have an injured worker return to work than train a new one.