Court Blocks DWC's Work Search Rules for Supplemental Benefits

Injured workers looking for supplemental benefits will no longer be able to show their eligibility simply by listing email contacts or citing newspaper ads as part of their work search efforts, a Texas district court ruled this week. Workers' compensation insurers are hailing the decision as a major blow against claimants and their lawyers who have allegedly tried to game the system and collect thousands of dollars in benefits and fees. Under the Division of Workers' Compensation rules at issue in the case, some manual-labor workers have tried to show they were searching for jobs...