Workers' Compensation News
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Budget Would Boost SIBTF Staff; Vetoed Reform Bill Returns | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a preliminary budget that would nearly triple staffing for the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund and once again called for comprehensive reform of the embattled program. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Authorize PTSD Pilot Program | 01/14/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries would be authorized to develop and implement a pilot program allowing employers to authorize treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder before establishing liability, under a bill introduced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Require Employers to Maintain Health Insurance Payments for Injured Workers | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Employers in Washington state would be required to continue paying health insurance premiums for injured workers, under bills introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address First Responder Benefits | 01/13/2026 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Arizona lawmakers introduced bills for first responders to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder arose from employment, and to eliminate a provision that terminates survivors' benefits upon remarriage. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Make Employers Liable for Treating Undocumented Workers' Injuries | 01/09/2026 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida employers could lose their business license if they shift the costs of treating undocumented workers' occupational injuries to workers' compensation carriers or public health programs such as Medicare or Medicaid, under bills introduced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Board Must Revisit Worker's Request for Reopening | 01/02/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board needed to revisit a worker’s request for reopening and/or a rehearing since it failed to address all the basis she had raised for relief the first time around. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Lower Settlement Age, Require More Information for Rate Proposals | 12/26/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers would be allowed to enter settlements regardless of their age, and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries would be required to disclose more information relating to its annual rate proposal, under a pair of bills introduced by a Spokane Valley Republican. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Cap COLA Increases for Pensions at 3% | 12/24/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Annual cost-of-living adjustments for permanent total disability pensions would be capped at 3%, under legislation filed ahead of the 2026 Washington state session. ...Read More | |||
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Black Lung Presumption for Underground Miners Can Apply to Surface Workers, Too | 12/22/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the presumption under the Black Lung Benefits Act for coal miners who put in 15 or more years of underground work can also apply to an above-ground worker. ...Read More | |||
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Bakery Worker Gets Benefits for Knee Injury | 12/19/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a bakery worker was entitled to benefits for a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
