Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Kill Yet-to-Launch Coverage Requirement for Contractors | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California contractors who don’t have employees would not be required to have workers’ compensation coverage to receive a state license, under a bill authored by the same senator who penned a 2022 measure requiring proof of coverage for most contractors starting in 2026. ...Read More | |||
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Bridal Shop Worker Gets Benefits for COVID-19 Infection | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a seamstress was entitled to benefits for her COVID-19 infection. Case: Matter of Leo...Read More | |||
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Bureau Posts Online Assigned Risk System Update | 02/20/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Jersey's Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau has posted OAR 2.0, its newly upgraded Online Assigned Risk System, and will be available beginning Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Strip State of Right to Self-Insure | 02/09/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The state of Colorado would be required to buy workers’ compensation coverage for its workers under a bill introduced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Set Criteria for Determining Volunteer Wages | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Indemnity benefits for certain volunteers in Missouri would be based on how much they earn at their regular jobs, under a bill introduced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Injured Workers to Reject Job Offers Without Losing Benefits | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal that would eliminate two conditions under which an injured worker could refuse a job without forfeiting workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Witness Fees, Physician Reimbursements | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida doctors would be in line for a raise regardless of the types of injured workers they’re treating, under legislation moving through the state House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Double Benefits for Injuries Involving Illegal Child Labor, Safety Violations | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Iowa employers would be on the hook for double the benefits they otherwise would pay to workers injured in the course of employment in which the employer is found to have violated specific labor laws or rules. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Members of Health Care Sharing Ministries to Opt Out of Comp | 01/29/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers who belong to a religious sect who conscientiously oppose public and private insurance benefits would be allowed to opt out of workers’ compensation coverage, under a bill introduced in Indiana. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes 'Stay-at-Work' Program | 01/26/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to create a program through which rehabilitation specialists would develop plans to return injured workers to the employer-at-injury, under a bill introduced in the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
