Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Seeks Input on Informal Draft of Lifetime Income Benefits Rules | 10/20/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking public comment on informal draft amendments to its rules governing lifetime income benefits. ...Read More | |||
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DWD Launches Misclassification Awareness Campaign | 10/20/2023 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development launched an educational campaign to try to combat the practice of employers intentionally and illegally classifying employees as independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Input for Opioid Plan-Based Audit | 10/19/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking input for the agency’s proposed audit plans to evaluate decisions and recordkeeping of health care providers who prescribed gabapentin or pregabalin in combination with opioids. ...Read More | |||
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Department of Transportation Worker Gets Additional Treatment, TTD | 10/19/2023 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to additional medical treatment and additional temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant in Labor Law Claim Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 10/17/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a municipal defendant should have been granted summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from installing conduit. ...Read More | |||
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Dog Day Care Facility to Pay $50,000 for Violating Whistleblower Protections | 10/10/2023 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor announced that a dog day care facility in Boise, Idaho, was ordered to pay $50,000 for firing two employees who raised workplace safety concerns about the risk of COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Deloitte: Self-Driving Vehicles Could Cut Comp Premiums by $3B | 10/05/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Advancements in self-driving technology could eliminate the need for hundreds of thousands of long-haul truckers over the next five years and eliminate several billion dollars in workers’ compensation premiums, according to an ...Read More | |||
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DOL Sets Annual Conference on Mine Safety | 10/05/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor is holding its annual mine safety training event Tuesday and Wednesday in Beaver, West Virginia. The Training Resour...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Fee Schedules | 10/03/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced adjustments to sections of the Official Medical Fee Schedule that went into effect Sunday to account for changes in the Medicare payment system. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Launches Education Courses on Med-Legal Report Writing | 10/03/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday announced new online educational courses intended to help physicians and others with writing medical-legal reports. ...Read More | |||
