Workers' Compensation News
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BWC to Hold Hearing on Wide Range of Rule Changes | 11/01/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing Dec. 6 on proposed changes to a wide range of safety requirements for state businesses. ...Read More | |||
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Ballot Measure to Exempt Drivers From AB 5 Announced | 10/31/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A coalition representing gig economy workers announced a ballot measure on Tuesday that would exempt drivers for companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash from a new law classifying them as employees. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Spread Firefighter Cancer Claims Cost to All Policyholders | 10/29/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As more states have adopted cancer presumption laws for firefighters, municipalities have continued to grapple with the cost of medical and wage-replacement benefits for the ailing first responders. Cities across the country have made headlines, and earned the wrath of lawmakers and ...Read More | |||
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Boston Police Officer Reassigned Over WC Retaliation-Deportation Allegations | 10/29/2019 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| It started out as a workers' compensation claim, but it escalated into a federal case against a Boston contractor for alleged retaliation. Now, a Boston police officer has been reassigned after reportedly violating city law and steering U.S. Immigration authorities to the injured worker....Read More | |||
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Bill Would Grant $100,000 Each to Former Wood-Treating Plant Workers | 10/28/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Democrats are trying again with a bill that would provide $10 million to former workers of a defunct Jacksonville wood-treating company who were sickened by exposure to arsenic and other toxins. ...Read More | |||
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Bevin Reappoints Seven ALJs | 10/23/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has reappointed seven administrative law judges to a four-year term handling workers' compensation claims disputes. ...Read More | |||
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Board Answers Some, Not All, Questions About Tricky New Formulary | 10/16/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When Thanksgiving or any other three- or four-day weekend rolls around next year, New York workers' compensation carriers had better make sure they have a designated person on hand to review prior-authorization drug requests. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Signed to Require Study of Cancer in Fire Truck Mechanics | 10/15/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed Assembly Bill 1400, which will require a study of occupational cancer rates among mechanics who work on fire engines. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Making Grants for School-Shooting Safety Improvements | 10/14/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is getting into the school-shooting safety business. ...Read More | |||
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Board Properly Denied Review to Worker Who Submitted Incomplete Application | 10/11/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board properly denied review of an injured worker’s application, since she had not completely filled it out. ...Read More | |||
