INSURANCE COMPANIES, alarmed at high payouts for people deemed unfit for work, are anxious for an explanation from the National Insurance Service (NIS).
They want the NIS to tell them what criteria and methods are used to medically board employees for what are soft tissue injuries, such as neck and back pain.
The firms are said to be paying out thousands of dollars in personal injury claims to workers signed off as medically unfit to work or disabled.
The president of the General Insurance Association of Barbados, Davis Browne, said it was a major issue for the body.
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