Industry Insights
| Workers' Comp Needs to Have Added Scrutiny | 09/22/2007 | ||
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| A new board of directors appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to manage the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation should make scandal and risky investments less likely at the bureau -- but it is no guarantee. To the new board, Strickland and state lawmakers should add another layer of protection in the f...Read More | |||
| Will All Appeals of JCC Orders Continue to go to Only the 1st DCA? | 09/22/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mark Zientz Maybe not. Or at least not if Richard Sicking, Esq. prevails in Raul Saldana vs. Miami-Dade County, Case # SC07-1110 filed June 15, 2007 as a Petition for a Writ of Prohibition. Mr. Sicking is asking the Supreme Court to prohibit the 1 DCA from hearing...Read More | |||
| WCAB Adopts Common Sense Approach to Definition of 'Amputation' | 09/08/2007 | ||
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| By Jake Jacobsmeyer The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board issued an unanimous en banc decision reversing a workers' compensation judge's determination that disc surgery qualified as an "amputation" for purposes of extending the two-year temporary total disability limitations in Labor C...Read More | |||
| Work-Related Stress Not Compensable if it Results from Personnel Decision | 09/08/2007 | ||
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| By Harvey Randall Mattoon v. Workers' Compensation Board, App. Div., Third Dept., 284 A.D.2d 667 An employee is the target of some personnel change or action involving his or her position or assignment. The employee, claiming that the personnel action was "stressful," ...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp Reform Offers Model for California Health Care | 09/08/2007 | ||
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| Break out the champagne. California is no longer No. 1. For more than five years, state employers had the dubious distinction of paying the highest premiums for workers' compensation in the nation. That honor now belongs to Alaska. Workers' comp costs are rising elsewhere acr...Read More | |||
| Will Poizner Get at the Fraud Against Workers in Workers' Comp? | 08/25/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Sam Gold We hear so much in the news about how workers' compensation fraud is taking billions and billions of dollars from our economy, especially those employers who purposely misrepresent the true occupations of their employees. You've probably heard the story about the roofing comp...Read More | |||
| Where Do Injured Workers Go for Treatment? | 08/25/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius Young Chico, Calif. What comes to mind? Bucolic small Northeastern California town? After all, the town of Paradise is just down the road. Or maybe you recall seeing that the California State University, Chico campus has been a perennial contender for one of the nat...Read More | |||
| Welcome to the Tour de Comp | 07/28/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| We thought it only timely to pay tribute to the Tour de France, which takes place this month, by taking a brief tour of the latest developments in our own corner of the world. On your marks, get set, read. Just Like a Stick in the Spokes This month's race got off to a...Read More | |||
| Workers' Comp Reform Enhances Competition in S.C. | 07/14/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By S. Hunter Howard Jr. The business community was elated when the South Carolina Legislature passed comprehensive workers' compensation reform and Gov. Mark Sanford signed the bill into law. Surrounded by business and industry leaders from around the state, Gov. Sanford recognized that ...Read More | |||
| Workers' Compensation and the Undocumented Worker | 07/14/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Thomas R. Lee and Dennis V. Lloyd Editor's note: This is the first part in a two-part article. Illegal immigration is a hot-button issue that has spawned a wide range of legal and public policy questions -- including questions regarding workplace injuries involving ...Read More | |||
