Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Make Lyme Disease an Occupational Illness | 04/28/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York lawmakers are considering a proposal that would make Lyme disease an occupational illness under state workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Amended to Transfer Oversight of CURES to Pharmacy Board | 04/25/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Board of Pharmacy would oversee the state’s prescription drug-monitoring database, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Owes BWC $100,000 for Fraud | 04/25/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a man who failed to disclose he was the owner of a company while receiving temporary disability benefits was ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Provide Comp for 9/11 Recovery Workers | 04/21/2022 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A bill introduced in the New York State Legislature on Tuesday would provide workers’ compensation coverage for any illness or death incurred as a result of an individual’s participation in the 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations. ...Read More | |||
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Ballclubs: WCAB Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Players' Claims Unconstitutional | 04/11/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Although California lawmakers attempted to limit situations in which athletes for out-of-state teams can file comp claims in the Golden State, ballclubs from Ohio and Georgia are asking a federal court to intervene and shut down two pending claims filed last year. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Boost Benefits by Gender Pay Disparity Set for Hearing | 04/08/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony on a bill that would require boosting workers’ compensation benefits by the difference in wages paid to men and women. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Nearly Triple Maximum Disfigurement Benefit | 04/07/2022 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill introduced in the Massachusetts House of Representatives would nearly triple the maximum benefit paid to injured workers for bodily disfigurement. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Make Comp Retaliation a Presumed Violation | 04/06/2022 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Massachusetts employers that fire or discriminate against a worker within 90 days of his filing a workers’ compensation claim would be presumed to be in violation of the state’s anti-retaliation law, under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Symposium Opens Thursday | 04/06/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will open its annual Medical & Health Symposium Thursday. The three-day event features educational...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Governor to Name Agency to Manage CURES Database | 04/01/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers are considering legislation that would require Gov. Gavin Newsom to designate a new agency to manage the state’s prescription drug monitoring database. ...Read More | |||
