Workers' Compensation News
Bill Would Allow Injured Workers to Reject Job Offers Without Losing Benefits | 02/07/2024 | ||
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal that would eliminate two conditions under which an injured worker could refuse a job without forfeiting workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Increase Witness Fees, Physician Reimbursements | 01/31/2024 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Florida doctors would be in line for a raise regardless of the types of injured workers they’re treating, under legislation moving through the state House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Double Benefits for Injuries Involving Illegal Child Labor, Safety Violations | 01/31/2024 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Iowa employers would be on the hook for double the benefits they otherwise would pay to workers injured in the course of employment in which the employer is found to have violated specific labor laws or rules. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Allow Members of Health Care Sharing Ministries to Opt Out of Comp | 01/29/2024 | ||
State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Workers who belong to a religious sect who conscientiously oppose public and private insurance benefits would be allowed to opt out of workers’ compensation coverage, under a bill introduced in Indiana. ...Read More | |||
Bill Proposes 'Stay-at-Work' Program | 01/26/2024 | ||
State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Alaska Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to create a program through which rehabilitation specialists would develop plans to return injured workers to the employer-at-injury, under a bill introduced in the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Add Solid Waste Workers to Cancer Presumption | 01/26/2024 | ||
State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Hawaii lawmakers have introduced bills to expand the types of workers covered by presumptions of compensability and to expand the list of conditions that are presumed to have arisen out of employment. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Raise Pay for Doctors Treating Cops, Firefighters | 01/26/2024 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Florida lawmakers are deliberating a proposal to allow police and firefighters with presumptive injuries to select a medical specialist for treatment and to pay the selected doctor up to twice the rate authorized by Medicare. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Adopt ABC Test for Work Comp | 01/25/2024 | ||
State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Legislation introduced in Rhode Island would require using what’s commonly referred to as the “ABC test” to determine whether someone is an employee and eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, among other things. ...Read More | |||
Bill Proposes to Double Benefits for Injuries Tied to Safety Violations | 01/25/2024 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Iowa workers who are injured as a result of workplace safety violations would receive a 100% increase in benefits, under legislation introduced Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Require Notices About Workers' Rights to Consult Comp Attorney | 01/24/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Notices that California employers are required to post in a conspicuous location frequented by employees would be required to reference the right to consult an attorney, under a new bill. ...Read More | |||