Workers' Compensation News
| Board Meeting Moved to July 23 | 07/09/2019 | ||
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| The Maine Workers' Compensation Board has changed its July board of directors' meeting date, from July 11 to July 23, the board announced this week. The...Read More | |||
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Bernstein Joins The Hartford in Investor Relations | 07/08/2019 | |
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| The Hartford has hired Susan Spivak Bernstein as a senior investor relations officer. ...Read More | |||
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Bureau Wants 8.8% Rate Decrease | 07/08/2019 | |
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| The Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau is recommending an 8.8% overall reduction in rates, a cut that would take effect Oct. 1. The bureau made ...Read More | |||
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Board Approves Another $1.5 Billion Rebate on Premiums | 07/02/2019 | |
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| The board of directors for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has approved a $1.5 billion rebate on premiums paid by employers. It's the fifth time in six years that the agency has returned at least $1 billion in premiums, the BWC ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Rule Changes on Penalties for Late Premiums | 07/01/2019 | |
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| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is seeking public comment regarding proposed rules on late premium payments and payroll reports, sick leave supplemental benefits and other issues. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Federal Firefighter Cancer Presumption | 06/28/2019 | |
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| Federal firefighters would be presumed to have developed cancer as a consequence of employment, under a pair of bills introduced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Both Houses Approve Presumption Bill | 06/24/2019 | |
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| A long-sought cancer presumption for New Jersey firefighters moved one step closer to reality this week after both houses of the New Jersey Legislature approved it and sent it to the governor. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Allowing Comp Carriers to Access CURES | 06/21/2019 | |
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| Workers’ compensation carriers could gain access to California’s prescription drug-monitoring database, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Make State Hospital Patients Eligible for Comp | 06/20/2019 | |
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| Patients in California Department of State Hospital facilities would be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits for injuries arising out of and in the course of rehabilitation program work assignments, under recently amended legislation. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Finalizes Raft of Rules That Kick in July 1 | 06/17/2019 | |
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| The state Bureau of Workers' Compensation this week finalized changes to 17 rules, all of which take effect July 1, the agency announced. ...Read More | |||
