Workers' Compensation News
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COVID Safety Requirements Trimmed for Employer-Provided Housing | 10/13/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division scaled back COVID-19 protections for employer-provided labor housing, removing provisions deemed “no longer appropriate to this stage of the pandemic.” ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds PPD, Medical Expense Awards to Injured Worker | 10/13/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s permanent partial disability and medical expense awards were not against the manifest weight of the evidence in her case. ...Read More | |||
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CDI Announces Charges in $2.5M Premium Fraud Case | 10/12/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that three people associated with a trucking business in Fresno were arraigned Tuesday on four felony counts each for their alleged involvement in a scheme to reduce their workers’ compensation premiums by underreporting $2.5 million in payro...Read More | |||
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CSLB to Require Proof of Comp Coverage for Additional License Classifications | 10/12/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Contractors State License Board announced that proof of workers’ compensation coverage will be required for four license classifications, starting Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Laude 2022 Winners Announced | 10/07/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| WorkCompCentral presented awards Tuesday for outstanding contributions to the workers’ compensation industry during its annual Comp Laude Awards and Gala in Huntington Beach, California. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Medical Payments Decrease Slightly During Pandemic | 10/07/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medical payments per claim decreased by more than 3% in the pandemic years 2020 and 2021 in half of the states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Claim for Penalties, Fees; Orders Further Proceedings on Credits Due | 10/07/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a denial of attorney fees and penalties to a worker with four pending claims and remanded the issue of the employer’s entitlement to a credit. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Postpones Thursday Meeting | 10/06/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s labor-management advisory panel postponed a meeting scheduled for Thursday. The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' ...Read More | |||
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Claimants' Attorneys Can Get Enhanced Fee Awards for Commission Appeals | 10/05/2022 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers' Compensation Act authorizes enhanced awards for work before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission as a means of accounting for the contingent nature of representing claimants. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 10.3% Rate Cut for 2023 | 10/05/2022 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Indiana Insurance Commissioner Amy L. Beard approved a 10.3% average workers’ compensation rate cut for policies incepting on or after Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
