MEET OUR NEWEST MEMBERS: CONTRACTORS, UNIONS & INSURANCE PROVIDERS

NEW CONTRACTORS

Effective March 1, 2010
MICS Construction Services

Effective January 1, 2010
Robert R. Schroeder Construction, Inc.
Solid Refrigeration, LLC

Effective December 1, 2009
Construction Results Corporation

Effective October 1, 2009
NAC Mechanical & Electrical Services
Spriggs Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Effective September 1, 2009
Ulland Brothers, Inc.


NEW UNIONS

The following trade unions joined the program effective July 1, 2008:

Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local No. 34

Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 11


NEW INSURANCE PROVIDERS

Effective April 1, 2009 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company was approved to provide workers' compensation insurance to contractors in the Program.


WELCOME ABOARD!

PROGRAM NEWS

The MN Office of the Legislative Auditor's (OLA) 2009 Evaluation Report on Minnesota's Workers' Compensation System was released February 25, 2009. Part of the report compares the UCWCP with the statutory workers' compensation system.


COMPARISONS OF THE UCWCP TO THE MN STATUTORY WC SYSTEM

• “Though limited, evidence suggests that injured workers in the UCWCP fare as well as, if not better than, comparable workers using the state system.”

• “The dispute resolution process in the UCWCP is far simpler and results in lower workers’ compensation benefit costs than the state system.”

• “UCWCP claimants were less likely to agree that it took too long for their benefits to start.” And… “Injured workers in the UCWCP are less likely to have disputes that require formal dispute resolution activity.”

• “Workers’ compensation costs under the UCWCP are lower than those for comparable construction workers using the state system.”

• “Since the UCWCP has lower denial rates, lower costs, and no evidence of greater worker dissatisfaction, and since it is a much simpler system, we conclude that it is worth considering broader use of the UCWCP approach in Minnesota.

For a copy of the actual excerpt from the OLA report, go to our documents page, under the UCWCP header, and open the document titled, UCWCP G. Legislative Auditor's Report.

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