Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Proposes Expanding PTSD Presumption to Cover State First Responders | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas lawmakers introduced a bill that would expand the number of police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians who qualify for a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes PTSD Coverage for Correctional Workers | 12/17/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers in Washington state introduced identical companion bills that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable occupational disease for correctional facility workers. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Expand Warehouse Worker Protection Heads to Governor | 12/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York lawmakers sent the governor legislation that would expand the warehouse worker protection enacted at the end of 2022. Lawmakers o...Read More | |||
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Board Announces New Process to Update Claimant Information | 12/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board created a new form as part of a change to the process used to update claimants' information. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Counties to Provide Space for WCC Hearings | 12/13/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced ahead of the 2025 legislative session in South Carolina would require the governing body of each county to provide the Workers' Compensation Commission space to conduct a hearing upon request from the commission chairman. ...Read More | |||
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Bakeware Company Fined $182,293 Following Amputations | 12/10/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a bakeware manufacturer in Cleveland $182,293 for violations it says resulted in two amputations that could have been prevented with proper safety measures. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Safety Standards for Stone Slab Products | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced ahead of the 2025 legislative session aims to protect workers in stonecutting shops from exposure to respirable crystalline silica. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes 4850 Time for Sacramento Park Rangers | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation to codify in statute full-pay salary continuation benefits for park rangers in Sacramento County just months after Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a veto message that rangers should negotiate benefits as part of the collective bargaining process. ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Reviving Nurse's Benefits Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in reviving a nurse’s claim for benefits for a COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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Bakery Fined $385,221 for Failing to Abate Year-Old Violations | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a commercial baker in New Jersey $385,221 for allegedly failing to correct safety hazards cited in a 2023 inspection. ...Read More | |||
