Workers' Compensation News
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Berkshire Names Rick Fineman VP of Loss Control | 04/12/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Cos. announced the addition of Rick Fineman to its senior leadership team. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Allow Workplace Standards for Musculoskeletal Injuries Heads to Governor | 04/11/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Washington state are sending the governor a bill that would overturn a 2003 ballot initiative prohibiting the Department of Labor and Industries from adopting ergonomics standards to try to reduce musculoskeletal injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Bills to Subject Comp Benefits to Garnishment for Child Support Head to Governor | 04/11/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has until the end of May to decide whether to enact legislation that would subject as much as a quarter of an injured worker’s indemnity benefits to being garnished for unpaid child support. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Delay Dissolution of Subsequent Injury Trust Fund Heads to Governor | 04/07/2023 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would postpone by two years the shuttering of the state’s Subsequent Injury Trust Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Eliminate SAWW Cap on Benefits | 03/30/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would do away with a statute that caps indemnity benefits at the state’s average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Limit Exclusive Remedy for Minors | 03/22/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Minors injured while working illegally in Colorado would be allowed to sue their employers in tort while pursuing workers’ compensation benefits, under a bill the state House of Representatives recently passed. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Cap Awards for Intentional Harm Heading to Governor | 03/13/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would cap awards when an employer deliberately intends to injure a worker is heading to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice. The Senate...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Discontinue Group Self-Insurance, Dissolve Guaranty Fund | 03/13/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas lawmakers proposed a bill that would discontinue group self-insurance and dissolve the Texas Self-Insurance Group Guaranty Fund and Trust Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Board Does Not Abuse Discretion in Denying Worker's Request for Reconsideration | 03/07/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for the Workers’ Compensation Board to reconsider its decision on the amendment of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Board Doesn't Abuse Discretion in Declining to Revisit Worker's Entitlement to Indemnity Benefits | 03/06/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board to not revisit the issue of whether a worker’s entitlement to indemnity benefits had expired while he was incarcerated. ...Read More | |||
