Court Honored Evidence Saves Businesses in Workers' Compensation Claims

If you ever had to attend a hearing for a workers’ compensation claim against your company, keep reading. If not, it is only a matter of time before you do. So again, keep reading.

Workers’ compensation claims paid out less in 2017 than in years prior, and trends show diminishing payouts to be continuing. However, the reason for these lesser dollar claims is due to post offer strength testing that provides validity to the claimant's test results.

What Does Validity Mean in Relationship to Post Offer Strength Testing?

Validity shows a numeric value of one’s physical capabilities prior to the injury on the job. After the individual has completed rehabilitation, he or she can be re-tested to see if the injured body part has recovered to the point where it is as strong as was indicated in the original test, or if it has gained or lessened strength. If the strength of the injured body part has lessened, the comparative test results will indicate by exactly how much. This way, the employer only pays for the degree to which the body part was injured and the employee gets his or her fair share of compensation for the injury.

What Does Testing with Non-Valid Measures Offer?

Non-valid testing measures are common among many employers across the nation. Tested individuals are given a pass/fail assessment by an employee who observes your company’s potential hire. There are no numbers for their abilities, only observed measures that display their abilities. This process allows the employer to pay unnecessarily for what could have been a prior impairment, while the employee gets more than his or her fair share of financial compensation. There is simply no evidence of a previous impairment without valid measures of testing.

If you were going to a court hearing, which of these two measures would you prefer to have in your hands as a defense? Results that meet American Medical Association (AMA) guides and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, or sheets of paper with someone’s observations?

The Physical Capacity Profile has been in operation since 1988 and has become the state-of-the-art testing protocol for entire industries that rely on valid measures to protect their assets in a workers’ compensation claim.

Have you ever wondered if a new hire had the strength and fitness to do the job for which he or she was hired? You do not have to guess. We provide a numeric value for you to compare against the Department of Labor’s numeric requirements for labor standards for job descriptions.

We put the power to hire the right people the first time in your hands with peace of mind while potentially saving you hundreds of thousands of dollars.