Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Eliminate 2023 Sunset to Pay Benefits by Debit Card | 02/17/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California workers’ compensation carriers could continue paying benefits by debit card past 2023, under legislation introduced in the state Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Presumptive Coverage for Volunteer Firefighters, Police | 02/17/2022 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Respiratory illnesses and heart disease would be presumptive conditions for volunteer police and firefighters, under legislation introduced in the Michigan Senate. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Social Worker Coverage, Change in CURES Administration | 02/16/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Services provided by a licensed clinical social worker would be covered by California’s workers’ compensation system, under legislation introduced this week. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Amend Rules on Information Disclosure in Comp | 02/15/2022 | ||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced in the Kansas state House of Representatives by the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development would make notification of any change to workers' compensation benefits discretionary. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Addresses Court Decisions Holding That Exclusivity Doesn't Bar BIPA Claims | 02/11/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill before Illinois lawmakers this year would address recent court decisions finding that workers’ compensation exclusivity does not preclude claims for damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Permanently Exempt Manicurists From ABC Test | 02/09/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Licensed manicurists in California would be indefinitely exempted from the state’s so-called “ABC test” of employee status, under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Businesses Fined $285,000 After COVID Outbreak at Warehouse | 02/09/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined three companies a combined $285,000 for knowingly putting workers at risk of exposure to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Extend Exclusion of COVID-19 Claims From X-Mods | 02/08/2022 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wyoming lawmakers will consider legislation to extend the exclusion of COVID-19 claims from employers’ experience rating modification factors when the Legislature convenes the 2022 session Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Rejecting Bus Driver's Viral Infection Claim | 02/08/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a denial of a bus driver’s claim based on her contraction of the flu virus. Case: In the Ma...Read More | |||
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BWC Announces More Than $100,000 in Restitution | 02/07/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced more than $100,000 in restitution from people who collected benefits while working. Larry Bro...Read More | |||
