Workers' Compensation News
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Bills Would Expand Cancer Presumption for Firefighters | 02/13/2019 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| At least four bills filed in the Maryland legislature would make it easier for firefighters to qualify for workers' compensation benefits if they are diagnosed with cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes to Allow PTSD Coverage for Cops, Firefighters | 02/12/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Commerce and Human Resources Committee of the Idaho Senate approved a measure that would allow cops and firefighters to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder that isn’t caused by a physical injury. ...Read More | |||
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Businesses, Worker Guilty of WC Fraud | 02/12/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A construction worker and two business owners have been found guilty of workers' compensation fraud, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Stiffen Penalties for Delays in Peace Officer Benefits | 02/11/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas firefighters' struggles with the state's cancer presumption law have caught the attention of four lawmakers who want to raise the penalties for municipal insurers who delay or deny medical benefits unnecessarily. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Regulate State Fund More Like Private Carriers | 02/07/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The largest provider of workers' compensation coverage in New York state is allowed some considerations that other carriers don't enjoy, such as avoiding licensing requirements, paying no commission to brokers and forcing policyholders to give plenty of notice before jumping ship....Read More | |||
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Bill Would Let Agency Issue Stop-Work Orders | 02/07/2019 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| When a New Hampshire business is found to have shirked its workers' compensation responsibilities, it can take weeks for a Superior Court judge to issue a stop-work order. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Salary Continuation Benefits for School District Cops | 02/06/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Police officers working for school districts, county education departments and community colleges throughout California would continue to receive full pay if they are injured at work, under legislation introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Borrowing Employer Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Tort Suit Over Death of Worker | 02/06/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals granted an employer’s motion to dismiss a civil suit seeking damages for the death of its borrowed employee. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Keep Legislators' Hands Out of Comp Commission Cookie Jar | 02/04/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Like most states’ workers’ comp agencies, the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission for years was funded through assessments on carriers and self-insurers, its budget changing little from year to year. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would End Minimum Comp Premiums | 02/01/2019 | ||
| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maine employers with a clean injury record would no longer be charged a minimum fee on their workers' compensation policies, according to a bill that has passed the House. House Bill ...Read More | |||
