Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Bill Would Extend Good Faith Duty to All Self-Insureds, TPAs | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Senate passed a bill that would extend the duty of good faith and fair dealing to all self-insured employers and third-party administrators. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Adding QR Codes to Insurance Certificates | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Minnesota lawmaker introduced legislation that would require adding a code to insurance certificates that could be scanned to verify workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Amended to Apply Multiple Presumptions to Airport Firefighters | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker recently amended a bill to propose adding firefighters at airports and other federal facilities to seven different presumptions covering everything from hernias to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. ...Read More | |||
