Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Allow Injured Workers to Request Voc Rehab | 02/25/2026 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers in Vermont are considering legislation that would allow injured workers to request vocational rehabilitation services if their employer does not do so. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Database of Comp Policies | 02/25/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Arizona lawmakers are considering legislation that would require the Industrial Commission to operate a public-facing database with information about workers' compensation policies. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Modify Benefit Calculation | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would revise how temporary and permanent disability benefits are calculated. Currently, benefits ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Adopt Federal Standards for Contractor Classification | 02/24/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill introduced in West Virginia on Monday would adopt a nearly 40-year-old federal standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Effectively Codify High Court Decision in Kocanowski | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation that would effectively codify a state Supreme Court decision holding that volunteer firefighters injured in the line of duty are entitled to the maximum temporary disability benefit, regardless of whether they had outside employment at the time of ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Heat Protections for Workers | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation introduced in Colorado would require the Department of Labor and Employment to collect data and develop model guidance for preventing heat-related injuries and illnesses. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Expanding PTSD Coverage, System Study | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut lawmakers introduced bills that would expand conditions triggering workers' compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder and require a study of the state's system. ...Read More | |||
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Benefit Increase, Revised Process for Failed RTW Proposed | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in Georgia would increase temporary disability and death benefits and revise the process for reinstating benefits when an effort to return an injured worker to employment fails. ...Read More | |||
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Board's Insufficient Analysis Leads to Vacatur of PPD Award | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a miner because of deficiencies in the Board of Review's analysis. ...Read More | |||
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BCBS Selling Work Comp Subsidiary AG Group | 02/17/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is selling its workers' compensation subsidiary, AF Group, to Enstar Group, a global insurance and reinsurance company backed by investment firm Sixth Street. ...Read More | |||
