Workers' Compensation News
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Average Monthly Wage Increasing 5% | 07/17/2023 | |
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| Arizona’s average monthly wage will increase 5% for injuries occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2024. The Industrial Commission of Arizona announc...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Passes Death Benefit Bill, Holds PTSD Expansion Measure | 07/12/2023 | |
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| The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would add state firefighters to the list of public employees who are exempt from certain limits on death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Alternative Payment Study Report on Agenda for July 14 CHSWC Meeting | 07/06/2023 | |
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| California’s joint labor-management panel is scheduled to discuss during an in-person meeting July 14 a report on alternative payment models for medical providers treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Orders Partial Publication of Retaliation, Emotional Distress Decision | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court last week ordered partial publication of its determination that an elected city official’s claims for retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress should have been subjected to the defendants’ special motion to strike. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Orders Review of City's Entitlement to Reduce Judgment | 07/05/2023 | |
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| A California appellate court ruled that a trial court needed to revisit its determination that a city was not entitled to reduce a judgment against it to account for the workers’ compensation benefits a plaintiff had received. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes PBM Transparency Measure | 07/03/2023 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Assembly on Friday passed a bill setting new transparency standards for pharmacy benefit manager business practices. S...Read More | |||
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Alexandra Cohen Joins Goldberg Segalla Office in New York | 06/27/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla announced that Alexandra L. Cohen joined the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Manhattan. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Says Pet Service App Not Employer, Doesn't Need Comp | 06/08/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An online platform that connects pet owners to people providing services such as dog walking or grooming and pockets a percentage of any payments as compensation for the matchmaking is not an employer required to pay for workers’ compensation insurance, an appellate court in Washington...Read More | |||
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Agency Owner Charged With Fraud | 06/02/2023 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of an insurance agency was arraigned in connection with an alleged scheme to steal $39,000 in workers’ compensation premiums, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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A Tale of Two Bills: Legislature Meets DWC Halfway on Recommendations | 06/01/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Steve Nichols, News Contributor The Texas Legislature sent the governor a bill before adjourning the 2023 session to implement a Division of Workers’ Compensation recommendation to exempt designated doctor exams from state sales taxes. ...Read More | |||
