Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Make Prepaid Card Option Permanent | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced a bill that would indefinitely extend authorization for employers to use prepaid debit cards to pay indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bus Driver Faces Charge for Alleged Double-Dipping | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Seattle-area bus driver has been charged with taking more than $50,000 in compensation payments while allegedly working other jobs. Clifford Wayne Duma...Read More | |||
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Board Must Determine Hog Farm Employee's 'Task Loss' | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a hog farm employee had suffered wage loss after an on-the-job injury and remanded for the Workers’ Compensation Board to revisit the amount of his “task loss.” ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Expand List of Firefighter Cancers With Enhanced Reimbursement | 02/03/2026 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Hawaii lawmaker introduced a bill that would expand the list of cancers for which providers are entitled to enhanced reimbursement rates on firefighter workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Considers 1% Rate Cut for Private Employers | 02/02/2026 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that its board of directors is considering a 1% reduction in private employer rates. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Safety Rules for Heat, Cold | 01/30/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| An Arizona lawmaker introduced legislation that would require regulations protecting workers from extreme heat and cold. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Focus on Medical Treatment, Unpaid Benefits | 01/27/2026 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers introduced bills that would require an investigation of all active workers' compensation claims when a self-insured employer or carrier defaults on a benefit payment, establish a deadline for approving general treatment plans and define "compound drugs" for the purp...Read More | |||
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Broker Not Bound by Duty of Care to Contractor's Driver | 01/22/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court, in a published decision, ruled that a freight broker owed no duty of care to the driver of a contractor carrier who was paralyzed in a highway crash outside Oklahoma City. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Mental-Mental Claims by 911 Operators | 01/22/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida lawmakers are considering a measure that would add 911 dispatchers to the list of first responders who can have compensable claims for mental or nervous injuries without an accompanying physical injury that requires medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Cites Inflated Rates as Reason to Ban Certain Prescriptions | 01/22/2026 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Hawaii lawmaker wants to prohibit the prescribing of certain drugs to injured workers, saying the lack of clear provisions governing reimbursement rates has resulted in inflated charges. ...Read More | |||
