Workers' Compensation News
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Board Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Subrogation Agreement | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Board lacked jurisdiction to review a subrogation agreement among an employer, its carrier and two third-party alleged tortfeasors. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Allow Contested Case Hearings by Videoconference | 03/17/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas lawmakers have introduced three bills that would address a request by the Division of Workers' Compensation to allow contested case hearings by videoconference. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Extend Good Faith Duty to All Self-Insureds, TPAs | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Senate passed a bill that would extend the duty of good faith and fair dealing to all self-insured employers and third-party administrators. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Adding QR Codes to Insurance Certificates | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Minnesota lawmaker introduced legislation that would require adding a code to insurance certificates that could be scanned to verify workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Amended to Apply Multiple Presumptions to Airport Firefighters | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker recently amended a bill to propose adding firefighters at airports and other federal facilities to seven different presumptions covering everything from hernias to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Eliminating State OSHA Program | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Oregon lawmaker introduced legislation that would force the state to relinquish its oversight of workplace safety issues in the state and hand off that responsibility to the federal government. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Repeal Employer Safety Committee Requirement, Unfunded Consultation Program | 03/04/2025 | ||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in Nebraska would repeal laws enacted in 1993 requiring public and private employers to establish safety committees to develop written injury prevention programs. LB 397...Read More | |||
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BWC Approves 6% Rate Cut for Private Employers | 03/03/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced a 6% rate cut for private employers that will take effect July 1. The BWC said the reduc...Read More | |||
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Bills Target Unauthorized Workers, Their Employers | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers have introduced bills to deny workers' compensation benefits for those not authorized to work in the country and suspend business licenses for the employers that hire them. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Employer-Run Comp Alternative | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida lawmaker on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow businesses to create their own programs to compensate workers for occupational injuries as an alternative to participating in the state's workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
