Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Passes Bill to Adjust Wage Calculation | 03/09/2020 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Hawaii Senate approved a measure that would eliminate statutory language requiring that only wages earned at the time of injury are considered when calculating indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Safety National Announces Senior Management Promotions | 03/04/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Safety National Casualty Corp announced a series of senior management promotions, starting with Steve Divine, who picked up the title of chief accounting officer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Penalty on Employer That Failed to Timely Pay Award | 03/02/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court reinstated a statutory penalty against a municipal employer for failing to timely pay an award of compensation to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Launches AB 5 Resource Center | 02/28/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Compensation Insurance Fund added information to its website to help employers determine how to classify their workers under California’s new employee status test. ...Read More | |||
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Service Insurance Holdings Announces Leadership Changes | 02/28/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Service Insurance Holdings announced three executive leadership changes that the company said is designed to support its long-term strategic goals. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes PTSD, Premium Credit Measures | 02/27/2020 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Senate on Wednesday passed bills that would create a premium credit for employers that made all required workers’ compensation payments in 2019 and would allow firefighters, law enforcement and paramedics to file claims for mental stress. ...Read More | |||
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Sedgwick Founder Bob Young Dies at 83 | 02/27/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Robert “Bob” Young, the founder of a small California-based firm that became an international insurance company operating in 65 countries, died last week in Pinehurst, North Carolina, at the age of 83. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Additional Narcotic Pain Meds for Injured Worker | 02/27/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional narcotic pain medication to treat his injuries from an old slip and fall. ...Read More | |||
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Southern California Applicants' Attorney Alan Wax Dies at 60 | 02/24/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alan Wax, a popular workers’ compensation attorney who co-headed a father-son firm in Southern California for more than 30 years, has died. He was 60 years old. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Permanently Disbars Attorney for Abandoning Clients, Forgery, Failing to Return Fees | 02/24/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court last week yanked an attorney’s law license for failing to return unearned fees, abandoning clients and stealing money from another lawyer. ...Read More | |||
