Workers' Compensation News
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Scorecard Shows Complaints, Timeliness of Benefits for Carriers | 01/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas workers' compensation insurance carriers are doing something right, according to a scorecard that regulators released Monday. The score...Read More | |||
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Statutory Amendments Apply Retroactively to Worker's Pneumoconiosis Claim | 01/29/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the 2018 amendments to Kentucky Revised Statute Section 342.730(4) applied retroactively to a longtime coal industry employee. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes 'Employment Presumption' Misclassification Bill With Stiff Penalties | 01/28/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a sign that more states are getting serious about misclassification, the Virginia Senate on Monday approved a bill that would stiffen penalties when companies inappropriately consider workers to be independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Rejection of Proposed Lump-Sum Settlement | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an order disapproving an application for a lump-sum settlement of a workers’ compensation claim is not final and appealable. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Kiki Curls as First African-American LIRC Commissioner | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Senate confirmed the appointment of former state Sen. Shalonn "Kiki" Curls as employee representative on the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Changes Appealability of Orders on Sovereign Immunity | 01/24/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Supreme Court changed the state’s rules of appellate procedure to allow appeals of nonfinal orders determining whether a defendant is entitled to sovereign immunity, but denials of workers’ compensation immunity remain unappealable. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Frostman as Workforce Development Secretary | 01/24/2020 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin state Senate unanimously confirmed Caleb Frostman as secretary of the Department of Workforce Development, the agency that administers the state’s workers’ compensation and unemployment programs. ...Read More | |||
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Substantial Evidence Review Applies to Appeals Board Decisions | 01/23/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that decisions by the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board as to the propriety of citations against an employer are subject to a substantial evidence standard of review. ...Read More | |||
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Steven Bubes Joins Alliant's West Coast Benefits Team | 01/23/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services hired Steven Bubes as a vice president on its West Coast benefits team. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Expanded PTSD Bill for Some First Responders | 01/23/2020 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Senate has approved Senate Bill 511, which would make it easier for some first responders to qualify for workers' compensation benefits when diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
