Meet your LRA SIF Safety Dividend Criteria before the close of 2013

The LRA SIF for Workers’ Compensation has five criteria for plan participants to meet in order to be eligible for the safety dividend and receive up to an additional five percent of their premium returned as a dividend. One of the five is to attend at least one safety seminar or webcast annually.

It’s not too late to attend this year’s LRA SIF seminar, “Workers’ Compensation Claims Management.” The seminar reveals strategies to use before, during and after a workers’ compensation claim to reduce negative effects on your business and control claims costs.

Three dates remain to attend in person—Nov. 13, 9-10:30 a.m. at Café Vermillionville in Lafayette; Nov. 14, 9-10:30 a.m. at Acme Oyster House in Baton Rouge; and Dec. 5, 9-10:30 a.m. at Jefferson Orleans-North in Metairie. Click here for more details. As an added convenience, this year the LRA SIF began offering “On-Demand Webcasts” to assist plan participants whose schedules may not permit attending in person.

The remaining four Safety Dividend Criteria are:

·         Complete the fund year with a loss ratio below 50 percent

·         Provide a written copy of your working safety program to the Loss Prevention Dept.

·         100 percent compliance with the Second Injury Board Knowledge Questionnaire. A Louisiana Office of Workers’ Compensation post-offer medical history questionnaire must be completed and on file for ALL employees.

·         100 percent compliance with Post-Accident Drug and Alcohol Testing. ALL employees must sign a post-accident drug and alcohol testing policy and if injured while on the job, must be required to submit to a drug and alcohol test.

Want to knowmore about the LRA SIF for workers’ compensation or need a comparison quote? Read about the LRA SIF rate reductions here or to request a quote, email lrasifquote@lra.org.