Workers' Compensation News
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Benefit Increase, Revised Process for Failed RTW Proposed | 02/23/2026 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in Georgia would increase temporary disability and death benefits and revise the process for reinstating benefits when an effort to return an injured worker to employment fails. ...Read More | |||
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Board's Insufficient Analysis Leads to Vacatur of PPD Award | 02/20/2026 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a miner because of deficiencies in the Board of Review's analysis. ...Read More | |||
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BCBS Selling Work Comp Subsidiary AG Group | 02/17/2026 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is selling its workers' compensation subsidiary, AF Group, to Enstar Group, a global insurance and reinsurance company backed by investment firm Sixth Street. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Mandatory Registration for Staffing Companies | 02/12/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Staffing agencies in California would be required to provide proof of workers' compensation coverage as part of a mandatory registration process under a recently introduced bill. ...Read More | |||
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Budget Bill Would Preserve Amendments to WCAB's 60-Day Deadline | 02/11/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to permanently adopt changes to the 60-day deadline for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration. ...Read More | |||
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Barge Owner Gets Summary Dismissal of Worker's LHWCA Claim | 02/09/2026 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer, which was also the owner of a barge being used at a job site, was entitled to summary judgment dismissing an employee’s Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make Prepaid Card Option Permanent | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced a bill that would indefinitely extend authorization for employers to use prepaid debit cards to pay indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bus Driver Faces Charge for Alleged Double-Dipping | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Seattle-area bus driver has been charged with taking more than $50,000 in compensation payments while allegedly working other jobs. Clifford Wayne Duma...Read More | |||
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Board Must Determine Hog Farm Employee's 'Task Loss' | 02/04/2026 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a hog farm employee had suffered wage loss after an on-the-job injury and remanded for the Workers’ Compensation Board to revisit the amount of his “task loss.” ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Expand List of Firefighter Cancers With Enhanced Reimbursement | 02/03/2026 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Hawaii lawmaker introduced a bill that would expand the list of cancers for which providers are entitled to enhanced reimbursement rates on firefighter workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
