In the United States, workplace safety has long been a balancing act between government regulation, employer responsibility, and the financial realities of workers’ compensation insurance. Now, with growing political momentum toward deregulation and smaller government, the question looms: what will happen to worker safety when the referee leaves the game? Rick Fineman, Vice President of Loss Control for Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies’ Workers Compensation Division, believes the answer lies not only in government rules but in the economic realities of workers’ compensation itself. “There’s a significant counterweight to deregulation, and that counterweight is workers’ comp,” Fineman explains. “As companies start […]