The South Georgia Employer Committee and the Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a seminar for employers on various aspects of workers compensation for employees hurt in the workplace. It will be held Wednesday, May 15, from 9 -11:30 a.m. at the Valdosta Career Center, located at 221 South Ashley St.

The seminar is divided into four parts: legal, medical, insurance, and case management. It will focus on injuries in the workplace, drug testing, medical treatment, panel of physicians, investigation of the injuries, employees returning to work, communicating with the physicians, the hearing surrounding the injuries, the settlement of the case, coordinating medical care, and the role of nurses in catastrophic and non-catastrophic cases.

A panel of experts in their field will be led by G. Robert Ryan, Jr., an attorney with Allen, Kopet and Associates of Valdosta; Dr. James Eutzler of the Occupational and Industrial Medicine Center in Valdosta; Len A. Carter, a representative of Valdosta Insurance Services; and Kathy Geaslen of GENEX Services, Inc. in Norcross.

The seminar is designed for business owners, human resource managers, supervisors, and entrepreneurs. It costs $15 for those who register by May 10 and $20 after that date.

Also, the employer committee will announce its annual winner of the Carolyn Panizzi Scholarship Award. The $1,000 award is given annually to a Valdosta State University junior or senior who is majoring in human resources. The award is given in memory of Carolyn Panizzi, the late chairwoman of the employer committee.

For more information about the seminar, contact Anne Turner, program chairman of the employer committee, at (229) 444-8833, or Wanda Lowe at the Valdosta Career Center at (229) 333-5211.

Employer committees are groups of local business representatives who establish and maintain working relationships between employers and GDOL career centers. The South Georgia Employer Committee is comprised of Brooks, Cook, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties.

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