Workers' Compensation News
| DWC Updates Time-of-Hire Notice | 04/23/2024 | ||
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| The Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday announced that it updated a notice that employers are required to give to new employees. The time-of-hire notice, available in English and Spanish, tells employees about California workers’ compensation rights and benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Divided Supreme Court Reinstates Occupational Disease Claim for COVID-19 | 04/23/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Nebraska Supreme Court revived a health care worker’s occupational disease claim based on her COVID-19 infection in the early days of the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claims | 04/23/2024 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on any of his Labor Law claims and that the defendant was entitled to have one claim partially dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Summary Judgment on Claims From Alleged Elevator Mishap | 04/23/2024 | |
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| A New York appellate court issued a trio of opinions upholding a trial justice’s decision to allow a worker to proceed with his claims for negligence and violations of the Labor Law. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Orders Further Proceedings on Truck Driver's Status as 'Employee' | 04/23/2024 | |
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| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that an injured truck driver’s claims against three related corporate entities had to be remanded for a determination of whether he qualified as their employee at the time of his wreck. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bill to Strip State's Right to Self-Insure | 04/23/2024 | |
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| The Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would strip the right of the state to self-insure its workers’ compensation risks. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Resolution to Approve Electronic Payments | 04/23/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Senate passed a resolution authorizing electronic payments for certain workers’ compensation benefits. The Senate ...Read More | |||
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School Worker COVID Bill Clears First Hurdle | 04/22/2024 | |
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| A committee in the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would direct schools to continue paying those who are excluded from the workplace due to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Cal/OSHA Cites Construction Company $371,100 for Fatal Trench Collapse | 04/22/2024 | |
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| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a construction company $371,100 for a September 2023 fatal trench collapse in San Francisco. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bill to Expand 4850 Eligibility | 04/22/2024 | |
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| A California Senate Committee last week passed a bill that would extend full-pay salary continuation benefits to injured county park rangers and housing authority officers outside of Los Angeles. ...Read More | |||
