Worker’s Compensation Investigation Learning Objectives
This continuing education private investigator course will:
- Define “Workers’ Compensation”
- Provide examples of what Workers’ Compensation covers and what it does not cover
- List employers’ responsibilities in a Workers’ Compensation claim
- Compare the legal definitions of disability and impairment
- Assess different factors that may influence a Workers’ Compensation case
- List the steps involved in an independent medical evaluation
- Determine how the results of an independent medical evaluation will impact the execution of surveillance
- Define success and failure conditions for a Workers’ Compensation investigation
- Evaluate the extent of a claimant’s impairment
- Distinguish between permanent impairment and temporary impairment
- Distinguish between partial disability and total disability
- Identify and implement appropriate surveillance strategies to utilize in a Workers’ Compensation case
- Practice effective field surveillance
- Conduct effective social media research
- Implement ethical investigative practices when conducting social media and online research
- Use language that is clear to understand and avoid using colloquial language when writing an investigative report.
- Keep tidy, organized, and easy-to-understand case
