Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Barring Sick Leave Ordinances Could Affect Local Comp Laws | 03/04/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A move by Texas lawmakers to rein in sick-leave requirements passed by Austin and San Antonio could potentially affect workers' compensation and other benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Tries Again to Extend WC to Part-Time Domestic Help | 03/01/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Domestic workers would qualify for workers' compensation benefits even if they are part-timers, under a bill that is progressing through the New York House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Bicklein May Get Separate Trial in Forest Park Medical Bribery Case | 02/27/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A San Antonio workers' compensation attorney charged in the Forest Park Medical Center bribery and kickback case managed to have his case separated from nine other defendants, just as the highly publicized trial began in Dallas. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Merge Work Comp and Labor Standards Division | 02/27/2019 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Division of Workers’ Compensation and the Division of Labor Standards and Safety would be merged into a single agency, under a bill introduced at the request of Gov. Mike Dunleavy. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Offers Largest Rate Cut in Decades, Crosses OxyContin Off Formulary | 02/26/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ohio workers' compensation regulators made two bold moves last week that have left employers smiling, and claimants' advocates hoping that the news will translate into fewer restrictions on benefits for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Raise Benefits 2% for Another Three Years | 02/26/2019 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Indiana General Assembly updates indemnity benefit amounts every few years, and another update could soon take effect if a bill continues its path through the legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Provide Benefits to Firefighters Hurt During Las Vegas Shooting | 02/22/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill filed in the California state Assembly this week would rewrite history in order to make firefighters who were injured while attending to victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Bars State Medical Claim if Paid Under Harbor Workers' Act | 02/21/2019 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Medical providers would no longer be able to submit a claim to Virginia's Workers' Compensation Commission if they've already accepted payment through the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation system, according to a bill that was sent to the governor this week....Read More | |||
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Bill to Increase Employer and Insurer Penalties Clears Committee | 02/21/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill requested by the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division that would increase maximum aggregate penalties against insurers and employers that violate workers’ compensation laws has cleared its first committee vote. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make Cancer Presumption for Energy Workers More Expansive | 02/20/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Despite a federal lawsuit that challenges a Washington state law that made it easier for cancer-stricken nuclear workers to prove workers’ compensation claims, state legislators are considering easing the burden of proof even further, ...Read More | |||
