Workers' Compensation News
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Business Owner Can Assert Exclusive Remedy Defense | 05/20/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the owner of a gas cylinder exchange facility was entitled to assert exclusive remedy as an affirmative defense to tort claims. ...Read More | |||
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Business Accused of Jacking Up Mileage to Lower Payroll and Premiums | 05/17/2019 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A prominent Louisiana businessman and member of a state university governing board is under investigation — again — for allegedly finding creative ways to avoid workers' compensation insurance premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Expand Firefighter Cancer Presumption Passes Assembly | 05/15/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly passed a bill that would presume cancer is an occupational disease for anyone working at a fire department who is exposed to potential health hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Board Releases 'New' 2018 Acute-Care Inpatient Rates | 05/10/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board released updated reimbursement rates for acute-care inpatient treatment for the last half of 2018. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Consolidate DWC Passes Finance Committee | 05/08/2019 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A bill projected to save Alaska more than a quarter of a million dollars a year by merging the Division of Workers’ Compensation with another labor agency was passed out of a key committee Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Changes to Self-Insurance Rules | 05/07/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is proposing changes to a handful of rules dealing with self-insurance. The BWC said it rev...Read More | |||
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Brownstone Owners Get Dismissal of Claims for Negligence, Violation of Labor Law | 05/02/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the owners of a brownstone should have been granted summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s claims for negligence and violation of the Labor Law. ...Read More | |||
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Bureau Wants to Extend Pilot Program Statewide | 05/02/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a hearing May 14 on its plan to extend a pilot program for the third time, until December 2020. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Grants Another $1 Million for Police Body Armor | 05/01/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Ohio's Bureau of Workers' Compensation this week announced another $1 million in grants for body armor for local law enforcement agencies. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Raises Penalties for Noncompliance, Makes Stop-Work Orders Easier | 04/26/2019 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would make it easier to issue stop-worker orders and make it more costly for employers that shirk their workers' compensation responsibilities has passed the Illinois House and is now in a Senate committee. ...Read More | |||
