Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Bakery to Pay $180,000 for Unabated Hazards | 05/23/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that a commercial bakery in New Jersey agreed to pay $180,000 in penalties to resolve litigation over failure to abate hazards cited during an inspection. ...Read More | |||
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Budget Bill Includes Last-Minute Amendment to Address Gardner Decision | 05/20/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Connecticut lawmakers on Monday adopted amendments to a budget bill to address a high court decision from March allowing judges to award temporary disability benefits after a worker reaches maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Fraud Assessment Commission | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York lawmaker introduced a bill that would create a workers’ compensation fraud assessment commission to provide funding for investigations and prosecutions. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Sentenced to Jail for Insurance Fraud, Tax Evasion | 04/28/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A woman who pleaded no contest to insurance fraud and tax evasion will serve time behind bars and pay more than $1.4 million in restitution, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Allowing Employers to Post Notices Online Heads to Governor | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A bill that would allow Ohio employers to post certain workplace notices on their company websites is heading to the governor. Employers in Ohio ...Read More | |||
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Bill Seeks to Address Understaffing at Cal/OSHA | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that seeks to address the shortage in the Division of Occupational Safety and Health's enforcement division. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Med-Legal Templates | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker is proposing that the Division of Workers' Compensation create templates for medical-legal communications and reports. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
