The Times They Are Changing

This year fall athletics have seem to be taking center field reflecting the problems of an inadequate workers' compensation system. The issues of safety, compensatibility, venue, benefit rates and medical care, are symptoms of a greater problem and are becoming a catalyst for change.

Today, David DePaolo, the President & CEO of WorkCompCentral, has editorialized of the lack of the ability of the workers' compensation system to meet present needs is now a major concern and that generally workers' compensation is just no longer relevant.

Click here to read his recent post: Professional Sports and the Relevancy of Comp

"I see all of this as evidence that things are changing, and that the pace of change is quickening. Obviously such things don't change overnight, but I would wager that the work comp world is going to be a much different landscape in 20 years, or even 10."

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