Workers' Compensation News
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Appeals Panel Revives Worker's Mold Exposure Claim | 09/30/2019 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel revived a worker’s claim for injury from her alleged exposure to mold, finding there was a triable question as to whether it ought to be barred by the statute of limitations. ...Read More | |||
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Accused Labor Trafficker, Awaiting Trial, Spotted Again at Construction Site | 09/26/2019 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State and local officials are expressing outrage after a man at the heart of a major Minnesota labor-trafficking prosecution was back on a construction site, just weeks before his trial begins. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Hires John Riley as VP for Northeast | 09/23/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| John Riley has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president in the company’s office in White Plains, New York. ...Read More | |||
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Appellants Forfeit Constitutional Challenge to ALJ Appointments | 09/20/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that two litigants could not raise a constitutional challenge to the appointment of judges without exhausting their arguments before the Benefits Review Board. ...Read More | |||
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Anti-Ulcer Medicine Contains Traces of Carcinogen, FDA Warns | 09/18/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An anti-ulcer medication sometimes prescribed to injured workers has been found to contain low levels of a carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration announced. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Forms M&A Group | 09/13/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has announced the formation of a new brokerage service, Alliant Mergers and Acquisitions. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Sends AB 5 to Governor; Author Introduces Additional Exemptions | 09/12/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers on Wednesday voted to send the governor a bill that would require employers to reclassify a large swath of workers as employees, while the author of the measure introduced new legislation proposing to exempt another group of workers from the new rules. ...Read More | |||
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AG Report Highlights Extent of Illicit Savings From Misclassification | 09/11/2019 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Unscrupulous builders who misclassify workers as independent contractors can shave 16% to 40% off the cost of doing business, gaining an unfair advantage over others, the attorney general of the District of Columbia said Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Allow 6-Month Transition to Implement ABC Test for Comp | 09/06/2019 | |
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| By: Dara Barney (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 4 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s workers’ compensation community would have six months to come to grips with a presumption that all workers are employees, under recent amendments to a bill that would apply the state Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision to all Labor Code disputes. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee to Hear PTSD Presumption Measure | 08/27/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Appropriations Committee is scheduled to discuss the potential cost of creating a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for police and firefighters, during a hearing Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
