Workers' Compensation News
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Expanded Coverage for Mental Health Meets Pushback from Municipal Leaders
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04/16/2015
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Connecticut lawmakers are once again working to get a bill passed that would expand workers’ compensation coverage to include mental health benefits for employees who witness a maiming or death, but pushback from municipal groups may again hinder the bill from passing.
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Employer Group Says 'Option' Bill now on Radar for 2016
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04/14/2015
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State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The employer lobbying group backing the “Tennessee Option” conceded Monday that state Sen. Mark Green’s voluntary comp bill won’t become law in 2015.
“Legislation this big rarely passes in the first year in any Legislature,” Brent Buchanan, communicatio...Read More
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Ex-Police Officer Caught Doing Construction Work Can still Collect Disability Pension
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03/30/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A police officer who was caught on tape doing construction work less than one month after taking a disability retirement from the police force is entitled to continue receiving his disability pension benefits unless and until the pension board votes to suspend or reduce them, a New York appellate...Read More
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Employer's Procedural Error Was Fatal to Appellate Jurisdiction
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03/30/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer's failure to comply with the procedural rules for securing judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Division of Workers' Compensation rendered the trial court's decision void, and thereby divested the appellate court of jurisdict...Read More
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Employer-Carrier Confidentiality Bill Moving toward House Vote
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03/27/2015
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A bill that would restore confidentiality to employer-carrier communications in Texas workers’ compensation cases may go to the House floor as soon as next week, with supporters hopeful that it will undo a 2012 Texas Supreme Court decision that they say undermined attorney-client privilege ...Read More
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