Workers' Compensation News
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Bridge Worker's Fall On Co-Worker Prompts $189K in OSHA Fines | 07/06/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division has issued a fine of $189,000 for nine safety violations — two of them willful — to a contractor working on the Ross Island Bridge in Portland. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Aimed at Postmortem Testing May Help Comp Claimants | 07/06/2017 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation that passed the New Jersey state Assembly that would require medical examiners to conduct tests that may be needed for dependents to request benefits could help the widows and widowers of firefighters pursue workers’ compensation claims, according to a report by the New Jersey H...Read More | |||
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Business Leaders Criticize Use of BWC Funds to Shore Up Budget Shortfall | 07/03/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A state budget provision that takes anywhere from $5 million to $11 million from the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to shore up a projected $1 billion funding shortfall has business leaders and municipalities on edge. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Budget Bill Excludes Ban on Compensation for Undocumented Workers | 06/30/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers on Wednesday passed a biennium budget for the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation but left out a provision that would have barred benefits for undocumented workers injured on the job. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Sets Hearing for Pilot Program Extension | 06/30/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing to extend a pilot program that allows multiple managed care organizations to authorize medical treatment reimbursement requests. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Compensate Emergency Workers, Not Just Firefighters, for Injuries | 06/29/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The House on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 615, which contains a provision that allows emergency workers, not just firefighters, to receive workers’ compensation when injured whil...Read More | |||
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Broadspire Hires Marcos Iglesias as Chief Medical Officer | 06/28/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Third-party administrator Broadspire has hired Marcos Iglesias to fill the position of chief medical officer, the company announced last week. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Clarifying Effective Date of Policy Cancellations Passes Both Houses | 06/28/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill to clarify when notices of workers' compensation policy cancellation are effective. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Gets 5 Years in $5.6 Million Payroll Fraud Scheme | 06/26/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a Southern California paving company and property management firm was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to insurance fraud for underreporting millions of dollars in payroll, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Bureau Cancels Impairment Rating Decisions in Wake of Protz Ruling | 06/26/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation has suspended all independent rating evaluations in reaction to last week's Supreme Court decision striking down the impairment rating evaluation process as unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
