About the Employer Reporting Project

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The Employer Reporting Pilot Project ended June 30, 2009.

Employer Reporting is a two-year pilot project, approved by the 2006 Legislature and began on January 1, 2007. This pilot allows workers for participating employers the choice of filing a workers' compensation claim through their employer or health care provider. By law, any workers not part of the pilot are required to file their claim only through their health care provider. The pilot will measure if having employers file workplace injury or disease claims with L&I results in less disability and better return-to-work outcomes. Worker satisfaction also will be measured.

When employers have the ability to assist their workers to submit claims directly to the department, it allows the employer to know about the claim immediately, open up communication with the worker, and provide up-to-date wage and benefit information to L&I. Providing this information sooner should improve the accuracy of the information submitted, improving claim processing.