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Workers’ Compensation

Claims Assistance

Workers’ CompensationRegulations

Occupational Safety and

HealthLabor Standards

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Human Rights Management ServicesServices

Contact: Diana Ferriter, Acting Division Administrator, 444-1574 e-mail: diferriter@mt.govDivision Website: erd.dli.mt.gov

Workers’ Comp Claims Assistance BureauD El b A ti B Chi fDave Elenbaas, Acting Bureau Chief

Monitor Workers’ Compensation ClaimsMonitor Workers Compensation Claims Provides Mediation of Workers’ Compensation Benefit Disputes Produces a Workers’ Compensation Annual Reportp p Collects Data on Approximately 30,000 Claims per Year Approves Workers’ Compensation Settlement Agreements Provides Education and Technical Assistance with Claims

Handling and Benefit ProvisionsS M d l d l S h d l Set Medical and Hospital Fee Schedules

Establishes Utilization & Treatment Guidelines Provides Independent Medical Reviews Provides Independent Medical Reviews Issues Work Comp Claims Examiner Certifications

Workers’ Comp Mediation

1,600

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1,3121,344

1,249

1,381 1,374

1,1481,085

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Petitions Received Petitions Resolved Open Cases

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2,250

2,300 2,263

2 170

2,100

2,150

2,200

2,046

2,170

2,108

1 950

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1,850

1,900

1,950

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Workers’ Comp Regulation BureauBill Wh l B Chi fBill Wheeler, Bureau Chief

Services Provided SFY 2011

Register Construction Contractors 10,126

Issue Independent Contractor Exemptions 17 506Issue Independent Contractor Exemptions 17,506

Approve Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) 33

Approve PEO Clients 465

Approved PEO Leased Employees 3004

Approve Employers to Self-Insure Workers’ Compensation Liability• 3 Private Groups• 5 Public Groups

27 Individual Members119 Members410 Members5 Public Groups 410 Members

Uninsured Employers Fund Investigations 2,627

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16,890  17,336  17,437  17,120  17,506 

Construction Contractors Registration Independent Contractors

10,736  11,227  11,107  11,087 10,126 ,

FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

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40

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30

40 37 3840

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540 533

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Number of Professional Employer Organization Clients

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520

484

517

460

480 465

420

440

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2,696 3,004 

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Individual Self-Insureds

Ash Grove Cement Co.Benefis Health System Inc.CHS, Inc.Costco Wholesale Corporation

Northwest Healthcare Corp.Northwestern Corp.Plum Creek Timber Company Inc.Rosauers Supermarkets

F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co.Federal Express Corp.FedEx Ground Package System Inc.Harnish Group Inc.HolcimInternational Paper Company

Roseburg Forest Products Co.Ryder Systems Inc.Safeway Inc.Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health SystemSt. Joseph Hospital CorporationSt Patrick Hospital & Health Sciences CenterInternational Paper Company

JH Kelly LLCKrogerLes Schwab Tire Centers of MT Inc.New Albertsons Inc.

St. Patrick Hospital & Health Sciences CenterSt. Thomas Child & Family CenterStillwater Mining Co.Target Corporation

Montana Contractor Compensation FundMontana Electric & Telephone PoolM H l h N k W k ’ C i I T

Private Self-Insured Groups

Missoula County Workers’ Compensation Group AuthorityMontana Association of Counties Workers’ Comp TrustM M i i l I l l A h i

Public Self-Insured Groups

Montana Health Network Workers’ Compensation Insurance Trust Montana Municipal Interlocal Authority Montana Schools Group Insurance AuthorityMUS Self-Funded Workers’ Compensation Program

Occupational Safety and Health BureauB P B Chi fBryan Page, Bureau Chief

The Mission of the Montana Safety and Health Bureau The Mission of the Montana Safety and Health Bureau (MTSB) is to Assist Employers in Creating Safe/Healthy Workplaces Through On-site Visits, Technical p g ,Assistance, and Providing Resources and Training.

Occupational Safety and Health Bureaup y

Services Provided Fiscal Year 2011

Onsite visits to public employers 182

Onsite consultations with private employers 186

Technical assistance 719

Training (2 SafetyFests) 1,256 participants

Inspection of metal/non-metal mining operations 50

Inspection of all coal mines 33

Mandatory training for miners 169 courses – 2,930 attendees

Human Rights BureauMarieke Beck Bureau ChiefMarieke Beck, Bureau Chief

The Department of Labor and Industry is the state The Department of Labor and Industry is the state agency responsible for upholding Montana’s discrimination laws. Complaints of unlawful discrimination are filed with the Human Rights Bureau and the Bureau conducts an informal investigation into the allegations.

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Case Closures - Fiscal Year 2011

S Fi l Y 20

Case Closures Fiscal Year 2011

Investigative Findings

State Fiscal Year 2011

Cases Filed 514

Cases Closed* 680

No unlawful discrimination

Unlawful discrimination

313

81

* “Cases Closed” include cases filed prior fiscal year and reflect the cause and no cause findings, cases that are voluntarily resolved as well as other closures closures.

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Voluntary ResolutionsVoluntary ResolutionsApproximately 32% of all complaints closed are voluntarily resolved.

State Fiscal Year 2006 - 2011

Cases Filed 3281Cases Filed 3281

Cases Closed 3385

Voluntarily resolved prior to the issuance of a determination of cause or no cause

730determination of cause or no cause

Voluntarily resolved after the issuance of a determination of reasonable cause

340determination of reasonable cause

Labor Standards BureauTonya McCormack Bureau ChiefTonya McCormack, Bureau Chief

Staff Board of Personnel Appeals Staff Board of Personnel Appeals

Other Services Provided FY 2011

Investigations into wage & hour and prevailing wage complaints 715

Public contract on-site visits 111

Mediations for claims prior to hearing 77

Alternative bargaining training sessions 17

P bli t t t di t di ti 39Public sector contract dispute mediations 39

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Education/Programs Attendance FY 2011Education/Programs Attendance FY 2011

Governor’s Conference on Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Safety and Health

352

Assistance to Business Clinics- 14 communities

666

Annual Arbitration and Labor Relations Conference 132

Local Safety Focus Groups- 8 Communities

- 79 Meetings

1,026

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