Workers' Compensation News
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O'Gorman: Worker Needs to Show More Than Simply Being at Work to Get Benefits | 09/21/2017 | |
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| By: Timothy O’Gorman | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 140 | 1 | |||
| Herff Jones v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2017 IL App (4th) 160346WC-U again confirms that the Illinois courts have rejected the use of the “positional risk” doctrine in the state workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Crowley: Workers' Compensation Remains Traumatically Injured | 09/20/2017 | |
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| By: Rory Crowley | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 198 | 0 | |||
| Editor’s note: This column was originally published by the Chico Enterprise-Record in its bi-weekly North State Voices column. ...Read More | |||
| Lynch: Automation Designed to Keep People Safe Can Produce Opposite Result | 09/19/2017 | ||
| By: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 226 | 0 | |||
| A ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Accident Curve and Natural Disasters | 09/18/2017 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 150 | 0 | |||
| The accident curve measures the accident rate lessening per unit of work time. The concept has been debated over time. A search far and wide located a 1916 text that actually addressed this issue very well. ...Read More | |||
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Kirsch: Iowa Legislature Responds to Call for Reform of Workers' Compensation Act | 09/15/2017 | |
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| By: Ashton T. Kirsch | |||
| State: IA | Segment: Top | 446 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa legislature has finally acted on the call by Iowa business groups to overhaul the state's workers’ compensation system. For years, they have claimed that the state’s system has tilted unfairly toward injured workers and significantly raised employers’ costs. Ma...Read More | |||
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Ferguson: One of America's Most Dangerous Jobs | 09/14/2017 | |
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| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 707 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kicked, pummeled, taken hostage, stabbed and sexually assaulted. Would you want a job that included these risks? ...Read More | |||
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Keefe: My Illinois Workers' Comp Arbitrator Wish List | 09/13/2017 | |
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| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 213 | 0 | |||
| The Illinois government is closing in on a financial turning point. The way things have been done in the past may not get our nutty state government to the future. I truly feel we have to start doing things better and more effectively if we are to have any hope or expectations at all. ...Read More | |||
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Young: AB 570 Heading to the Governor | 09/12/2017 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 309 | 0 | |||
| Assembly Bill 570 is heading to the governor, where it faces a dubious future. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Proposed New Code of Conduct for NJ Judges of Compensation | 09/11/2017 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 259 | 0 | |||
| The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is proposing repeals, amendments and a new rule that would result in the adoption of a new code of conduct for judges of compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Big Changes Coming in Workers' Comp | 09/08/2017 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 618 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Here’s what I see coming. Quick take ...Read More | |||
