Steps For Preventing False Workers' Compensation Claims

When you are an employer it is important to ensure your employees are being productive and efficient. However, it is also your responsibility to ensure that they are safe and secure, taking care to help them should they suffer an injury as the direct result of their employment. Sadly, this obligation is too often taken advantage of in the form of false workers' compensation claims. Luckily there are steps you can take to prevent your employees from attempting this form of fraud.

No matter what field you work in or what your office is like it is possible to have employees fall victim to an injury as a result of their employment. Because of this, it is also possible to fall victim to compensation fraud no matter your field or location. The following steps can help you prevent such fraud from occurring:

• Have mandatory comprehensive safety training for all employees, which will not only help prevent accidents but it will also give all employees and employers the knowledge necessary to initially assess the validity of a workers' compensation claim.
• Have equipment readily available that helps with physical tasks that are particularly strenuous, such as lifting items over 35 pounds in weight, which will give workers the ability to make safer choices, producing less opportunity for fraudulent claims.
• Take efforts to adequately educate your employees on the negative impacts of workers' compensation fraud. This can effectively discourage workers from negatively impacting the business as a whole through fraudulent claims.

These simple steps can prevent accidents and the opportunity for accidents in the workplace. This can help decrease the chances for a false workers' compensation claim to be filed. However, if you do have an employee make a claim for compensation you believe may be false, it is imperative you have legal assistance in order to protect your rights and the interests of your business.

If you would like to know more about business law and workers' compensation fraud, visit the website of the Texas business lawyers at Slater Kennon & Jameson, LLP today.
David Caldwell