Workers' Compensation News
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Police Officers Fail to Link Layoffs to Workers' Comp Claims | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that two special police officers had not been laid off from their positions in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Pediatrician Waits Too Long to File Occupational Disease Claim | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a pediatrician waited too long to file her occupational disease claim. Dr. Stacy...Read More | |||
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Penalties for Safety Violations Increase 3.24% for Inflation | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations on Friday announced a 3.24% increase in penalties for workplace safety violations, due to inflation. S...Read More | |||
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Provider Can't Challenge Carrier's Use of Billing Code to Deny Coverage | 01/10/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a medical care provider lacked legal standing to challenge an insurance carrier’s use of a billing code to deny coverage to patients as violating the workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Proposal Returns to Shorten Deadline for Medical Fee Disputes | 01/10/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New Jersey state senator is making another run at reducing the statute of limitations to two years in workers’ compensation medical fee disputes. ...Read More | |||
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PEO Coverage Bill Back Before Lawmakers | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida state senator is taking another run at legislation that would require employee leasing companies to provide comp coverage for all of a client’s workers if the client company does not have coverage itself. ...Read More | |||
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Public Employers' Rates Drop 3.9% | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that public employer rates decreased by an average of 3.9% at the start of the year. ...Read More | |||
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PCRB to Launch Data Platform | 12/20/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau on Monday announced a partnership with Cloverleaf Analytics to create a new data platform. The b...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Shields Company From Liability to Subcontractor's Injured Employee | 12/15/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to the general contractor for a construction project, finding that the Privette doctrine shielded it from liability to a subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Permanent Wildfire Smoke Rules Take Effect Jan. 15 | 12/15/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced that it has filed permanent wildfire smoke rules, which will take effect Jan. 15. ...Read More | |||
