Workers' Compensation News
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BWC Reduces Public Employer Rates by 6.1% | 09/29/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Ohio public employers will pay an average of 6.1% less in workers’ compensation premiums beginning Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Bus Driver Admits Taking Comp Benefits While Working | 09/29/2017 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A student bus driver has pleaded guilty to theft of government property for working while receiving workers’ compensation benefits from the U.S. Postal Service. ...Read More | |||
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Brown Signs Fraud Cleanup Bill Ahead of Hearing in Constitutional Challenge | 09/27/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill clarifying the process created last year for staying liens filed by indicted and charged providers, two days before a federal judge is expected to decide whether the stays deprive lien claimants of due process. ...Read More | |||
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Broken Bones and Amputations Lead to $503k in Fines for Manufacturer | 09/27/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Chicago manufacturing plant where 15 workers have suffered amputations in the past five years is facing $503,380 in proposed penalties from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Board Aims to Simplify Disability Claim Filing Process | 09/27/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York Workers’ Compensation Board has simplified the claim filing process for disability benefits and will request more information earlier in the life of claims. ...Read More | |||
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Brokerage Dismayed That School District Is Joining Risk Pool | 09/25/2017 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a Topeka insurance brokerage whose family has been doing business with a local school district for 50 years says he is dismayed that the district will be joining a risk pool, ...Read More | |||
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Business Group Warns Against Tapping Into SAIF Surplus | 09/22/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Oregon business group warned against a proposal to tap into SAIF’s $1.6 billion surplus to help pay for unfunded public pension liability in a column published by the Oregon Bu...Read More | |||
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BIIA Announces Possible Changes to Rules of Practice and Procedure | 09/20/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals is considering revising its rules of practice and procedure to allow for the disposition of appeals when the Department of Labor and Industries or a self-insured employer must initially present its case in chief, and the appellant does no...Read More | |||
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Blind Worker's Volunteer Activities Weren't Inconsistent With PTD Status | 09/19/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a legally blind worker’s activities to support an amateur football team did not belie his representation that he was permanently and totally injured from a prior work accident. ...Read More | |||
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Baldwin & Lyons Names LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers to Board of Directors | 09/18/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Baldwin & Lyons Inc., a holding company for specialty property and casualty insurance subsidiaries, has appointed LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers to its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
