Workers' Compensation News
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Board Abuses Discretion in Rejecting Carrier's Review Application | 05/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court said the Workers’ Compensation Board abused its discretion in rejecting an insurance carrier’s application for review based on its failure to serve the Uninsured Employers' Fund with a copy. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Authorize Stop-Work Orders for Uninsured Employers | 05/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York employers that knowingly fail to provide workers’ compensation coverage would be subject to stop-work orders, under a bill introduced in the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Cap on Contingency Fee | 05/20/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey lawmakers are considering raising fees for attorneys who represent injured workers. The Senate last week voted 27-9 to pass bill ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Accused of $236,515 Premium Fraud Scheme | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office charged a contractor with fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums by $236,515. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require PTSD Coverage for First Responders, Allow Use of Ecstasy | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation could buy ecstasy for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the use of the drug before the end of 2025, under a bill moving through the Arizona Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Penalty for Unreasonable Denial, Presumption of Compensability After 90 Days | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Louisiana lawmakers have introduced bills that would presume that claims are compensable if they haven’t been denied within three months, and to allow employers to seek penalties and attorney fees when they have to recover health care payments after a work comp claim is unreasonably denied....Read More | |||
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Bill Would Prohibit Raising Causation as Defense for First Time in Treatment Dispute Appeal | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Louisiana employers would not be allowed to challenge causation or compensability for the first time during the appeal of a treatment dispute determination, under a bill introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Board Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Claim as Time-Barred | 03/22/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim as time-barred. Case: Alle...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Mandate 10 Days of Paid Time Off for Workers With COVID Symptoms | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would require employers to ensure that some workers who test positive for COVID-19 are excluded from the workplace for at least 10 days under the threat of civil fines for safety violations. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Revise Criteria to Serve on WCC | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation that would revise the criteria for serving on the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission is moving through the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
