Workers' Compensation News
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Benefits to Increase Nearly 5% in 2026 | 11/24/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Total disability benefits will increase nearly 5% next year to match the rise in the state's average weekly wage, according to the California Workers' Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Double Allowance of Consent-to-Rate Policies | 11/24/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida lawmaker introduced legislation that would double the number of consent-to-rate policies that workers' compensation carriers are allowed to write. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes National Protections for Firefighters | 11/20/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Senators from California and Utah introduced a bipartisan bill they say would create the first national respiratory protection standards for wildland firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Physical Exam from Former Employer for Presumption Eligibility | 11/19/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced in Florida would allow first responders to rely on a preemployment physical examination conducted before they started working for a former employer to establish the presumption that certain diseases arose from employment. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Presume TNC Drivers Are Employees | 11/14/2025 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Massachusetts lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony on a bill that would explicitly classify those driving for transportation network companies, such as Uber and Lyft, as employees. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would End Regulatory References to CDC Guidelines | 11/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rules adopted by New York state agencies that reference guidelines or recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would be deemed to instead refer to nationally recognized clinical practices, under a bill introduced in the Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose ABC Test, Benefit Increase, Mandatory Mediation and New Penalties | 11/03/2025 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Michigan lawmakers introduced a package of bills proposing to increase workers' compensation benefits, mandate mediation in certain circumstances, modify presumptions, create new penalties and increase those on the books. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Explicitly Cover Fundraising Injuries for Volunteer First Responders | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania lawmaker introduced legislation to explicitly provide comp coverage for volunteer firefighters and paramedics injured during pancake breakfasts, cook-offs, car washes, sports tournaments or other fundraising events. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Burial Expenses to $10,000 | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Illinois lawmakers could consider a proposal to increase workers' compensation burial expenses by 25% during the second year of the current legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Premium Fraud | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a New York iron and erecting company pleaded guilty Tuesday to underreporting payroll in order to fraudulently reduce his workers' compensation premiums, the Nassau County District Attorney's Office announced. ...Read More | |||
