Workers' Compensation News
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Bill to Allow Review for Contract Disputes Heads to Senate Floor | 08/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would allow independent bill review to resolve disputes related to contract discounts or reductions is heading to the California Senate floor after a determination that the measure would have insignificant costs for the state. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Penalty for Retaliation to Three Times Worker's Total Compensation | 08/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York lawmaker is proposing to significantly increase the penalty for employers that retaliate against workers who file comp claims, raising it from a couple of hundred dollars to more than three times the affected worker's annual wages. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Increases Payroll Cap, Closes Second Injury Fund, Requires ODG Formulary | 08/11/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nevada will nearly triple the payroll cap used to calculate workers’ compensation premiums and close one of its second injury funds to new claims, under a wide-ranging reform bill. ...Read More | |||
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Board Can Reject Medical Opinion for Confusing Legal, Clinical Pneumoconiosis | 08/07/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the Benefits Review Board can reject a medical opinion based on its blurring of distinctions between clinical and legal pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Up to $250 per Month for Cannabis | 08/05/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pennsylvania employers would be required to reimburse injured workers up to $250 per month for cannabis, under a bill introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Blaise Ingoglia Sworn in as New CFO | 07/22/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Former state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia was sworn in as Florida's next chief financial officer Monday. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Launches Substance Use Prevention Program | 07/17/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation launched a new program that provides financial incentives and support for employers to manage substance use issues in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Benefits Claim Reinstated for Ex-Deputy With Multiple Amputations | 07/02/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revived a former deputy sheriff’s claim for benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act, finding that the Bureau of Justice Assistance had a duty to secure records from the jails at which he worked to determine whether...Read More | |||
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Bill to Classify Maintenance Taxes as Surcharges Heads to Governor | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas lawmakers sent the governor a bill that aims to alleviate the problem of retaliatory taxes levied on insurance carriers domiciled in the state by reclassifying some taxes as surcharges. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Authorizing Case Management Services, New Late Payment Penalties Heads to Governor | 05/27/2025 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Vermont General Assembly last week delivered to the governor a bill that would allow injured workers to request medical case management services, and it would create new penalties for late benefit payments. ...Read More | |||
