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Bill Proposes PTSD Coverage for Correctional Workers 12/17/2024
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
 
 

Bill to Expand Warehouse Worker Protection Heads to Governor 12/16/2024
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
 
 

Board Announces New Process to Update Claimant Information 12/16/2024
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
 
 

Bill Would Require Counties to Provide Space for WCC Hearings 12/13/2024
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
 
 

Bakeware Company Fined $182,293 Following Amputations 12/10/2024
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
 
 

Bill Proposes Safety Standards for Stone Slab Products 12/05/2024
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
 
 

Bill Proposes 4850 Time for Sacramento Park Rangers 12/05/2024
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
 
 

Board Errs in Reviving Nurse's Benefits Claim for COVID-19 Infection 11/26/2024
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
 
 

Bakery Fined $385,221 for Failing to Abate Year-Old Violations 11/21/2024
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
 
 

Bill to Raise Preauthorization Limit Heads to Governor 11/20/2024
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
New York lawmakers finally sent the governor a bill that would increase the threshold used to identify medical procedures needing prior approval. ...Read More
 
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