Workers' Compensation News
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Budget Proposes $20M to Implement AB 5, Including $17.5M for DIR | 01/13/2020 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed allocating more than $20 million to implement the new employee status test required by Assembly Bill 5, an amount nearly four times what legislative consultants projected in first-year costs. ...Read More | |||
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Board's Issuance of Amended Decision Renders Injured Worker's Appeal Moot | 01/07/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court dismissed a correctional officer’s challenge to the deduction of a fee from his award as mooted by the Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Board Doesn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Review of Alleged Error | 01/06/2020 | |
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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 an application for review based on an alleged error with a judge’s finding, since neither party had objected to the decision when it was made. ...Read More | |||
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Board Doesn't Err in Refusing to Consider Evidence | 01/03/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not err in refusing to consider evidence that had not been presented to a workers’ compensation law judge. ...Read More | |||
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Board Posts Updated, Retroactive Hospital Reimbursement Rates | 01/03/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has posted updated — and slightly higher — reimbursement rates for acute-care, per-case hospital treatment of injured workers. ...Read More | |||
| Board Properly Denied Application for Review Using Outdated Form | 12/31/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier’s use of an outdated form in seeking review by the Workers’ Compensation Board warranted denial of the application. Case: Matter of Miller, No. 528306, 12/19/2019, published. Facts and ...Read More | |||
| BWC Looking for Presenters for Annual Conference in June | 12/31/2019 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation has issued a call for presenters for its 2020 educational conference, June 10-12. The agency said in a ...Read More | |||
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Board Settles With Guam Port Workers Fired Over Comp Claim | 12/20/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Port Authority of Guam's board of directors signed off on settlements with three workers who were fired in 2012 over an allegedly fraudulent workers’ compensation claim, according to the ...Read More | |||
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Ballroom Shuttered for Stealing Wages Owes $21k for Comp | 12/18/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A ballroom that the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries and the Attorney General’s Office charged with wage theft also owes the state $21,000 for workers’ compensation coverage, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Board Authorizes Three Court Reporting Firms to Transcribe Hearings | 12/17/2019 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Board of Maine has authorized three court-reporting companies to produce official transcripts of hearings. When ...Read More | |||
