Workers' Compensation News
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Business Owner Accused of Tax Crimes, Making False Statement About Workplace Death | 08/19/2022 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a federal grand jury in Boston indicted a construction company owner for allegedly failing to pay taxes and making false statements about a fatal workplace accident. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Shorten Investigation Period Amended to Remove COVID Provisions | 08/17/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Senate President Toni Atkins amended her bill that would reduce the time employers have to accept liability for workers’ compensation claims to remove provisions involving claims for COVID-19 that conflict with part of another pending measure. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Seeks Comments on Enhanced Care Program Rule Proposal | 08/16/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is seeking comments and feedback on proposed enhanced care program rules through Aug. 23. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Index Med-Legal Fee Schedule for Inflation Added to Fiscal Committee Agenda | 08/08/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Fiscal committees in both chambers of the California Legislature will hold hearings on a handful of workers’ compensation bills Wednesday and Thursday, including a measure last heard in 2021 that would require indexing the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule for inflation. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Exempt Gig Workers From Federal Definition of 'Employee' | 08/03/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gig workers for companies such as Uber and Task Rabbit would be exempted from the federal definition of the word “employee,” under legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Names Finalists for 2022 Sue Ann Head Award | 07/29/2022 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced the names of the three finalists for the fourth annual Sue Ann Head Award for Innovation and Excellence in Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Business Gets Conditional Summary Judgment on Claim | 07/20/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a business was entitled to conditional summary judgment against its insurance carrier for coverage of a worker’s injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Board Properly Discharges Special Fund From Liability for Claim | 07/15/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board discharging the Special Disability Fund from liability for a claim. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Looking to Fill Memphis Judge Position | 07/14/2022 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is requesting applications from qualified attorneys interested in serving as a comp judge in Memphis. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Sets Retirement Luncheon for Administrator During Educational Conference | 07/13/2022 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is hosting a retirement luncheon during its annual educational conference for outgoing administrator Abbie Hudgens. ...Read More | |||
