Workers' Comp 101
Number of Days Employer directs medical care following an injury
What is 28?
The name of Michigan's largest indoor waterpark
What is Avalanche Bay?
The MSIA 2026 Spring Conference will be held here
Where is Firekeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek
Employers can offer this type of program to help address mental health concerns and reduce stress, potentially preventing workers' compensation claims
What is an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?
I am a former MSIA Executive Secretary from 2001 to 2013
Who is Jerry Marcinkoski?
Current Mileage/Transportation Reimbursement Rate for 2025
What is 70¢ per mile?
The name of the oldest Chairlift in the world
What is the Hemlock?
The person has the authority to hear disputes over vocational rehabilitation
Who is the Director of the Agency?
This type of stress-related illness, often not covered under workers' compensation, arises from chronic workplace stressors like the high demand and low control
What is Occupational Burnout?
This is the year that MSIA was born, and also the year that Elizabeth II became Queen
What is 1952?
Workers' Compensation Judge Referred to as
What is Magistrate?
Other winter activities, besides skiing, that Boyne Mtn. offers
What is ziplining, snowshoeing, and ice skating?
This doctrine deals with falls that occur at work
What is Idiopathic Fall Doctrine?
This term refers to the difficulty of proving that a mental health condition is directly caused by work-related factors, often complicating workers' compensation claims
What is Causation?
This is the number of members on the MSIA Board of Managers, and also the numeric age one must be to vote
What is 18?
Long form for the Acronyms for all five of the following: AWW, IME, RTW, MMI and WCR
What is Average Weekly Wage, Independent Medical Examination, Return to Work, Maximum Medical Improvement and Weekly Compensation Rate?
Boyne Mtn was home to the world's first _____-seat chairlift
What is Six (The Mountain Express)?
Per the law, this is how many days an employee has to provide notice to the employer of an injury
What is 90 days?
This is the number of members on MSIA’s advisory council, and also this number corresponds to the month of the year known to symbolize life, rebirth and fertility
What is 5 (May)?
Form needed to deny medical treatment/loss time wage
What is form 107, Notice of Dispute
Number of locations Boyne has
What is 12?
When there is a last day work alleged, or when there is no prejudice to employer
When is the notice requirement excused for an employee?
I used to jokingly introduce myself at MSIA conferences as Alice Cooper, due to my long hair
Who is Jerome Hooper?