New Tool Offered to Contain Pa. Workers' Comp Costs

In an effort to help Pennsylvania employers contain their workers' compensation exposure and control costs, the Pittsburgh-based law firm of Fried, Kane, Walters, Zuschlag and Grochmal has published The 2008 Employers' Guide to Pennsylvania's Workers' Compensation Law.

Designed to equip Pennsylvania employers with the tools necessary to control their increasing workers' comp costs, The 2008 Employers' Guide to Pennsylvania's Workers' Compensation Law provides a brief introduction to the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, discusses the employer's duties in reference to the workers' comp law, explains how a Pennsylvania workers' comp claim works, outlines the litigated workers' comp case, offers suggestions of cost effective strategies employers can use to handle a workers' comp issue, and discusses the remedies available to the employer to alter an injured worker's benefit status.

The 2008 Employers' Guide to Pennsylvania's Workers' Compensation Law is available on line at www.friedkanelaw.com or a hard copy can be obtained by calling Fried, Kane, Walters, Zuschlag and Grochmal at (412) 261-4774.