Workers' Compensation News
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EPIC Brings in Head of Employee Benefits Consulting for Bay Area
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10/08/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, a retail property and casualty brokerage, has hired a regional director to expand the company's Employee Benefits Consulting Division in the Bay Area.
David Wiesner, who has 25 years of experience in strategic market planning, sales organizatio...Read More
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Employers Pitching Fixes for Recent Court Cases
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10/08/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Oregon employers, responding to a pair of recent court decisions that they say expand their liability for pre-existing conditions, are pushing for legislation to make benefits payable only for conditions that are accepted on a claim.
The Oregon Supreme Court last December struck down an a...Read More
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Experts Hope Neurologists' Statement on Opioids Draws Attention
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10/02/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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While a position statement from the American Academy of Neurology cautioning against most long-term opioid usage might not directly impact workers’ compensation, experts are hopeful that the move might prompt more physician groups to endorse similar precautions.
The AAN published th...Read More
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Employers Appoints New Vice President of Sales for West
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10/01/2014
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Employers Holdings, an umbrella corporation for workers' compensation insurers, has named a new vice president of sales for the western region.
Kimberly Hulse, who joins Employers from the Novato, California-based Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., will take on the role, according to a...Read More
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Employer's Decision to Fire Payroll Worker with Depression Didn't Violate ADA
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10/01/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A payroll worker who repeatedly failed to submit income taxes for her employer and blamed her oversight on her depression did not establish that her employer's decision to fire her was an act of discrimination based on her mental disability, as a matter of law.
Case: Smith v. City of ...Read More
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Employer Services Firm Hires VP for Retro Program, HR Adviser
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09/30/2014
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Washington-state employer services firm Associated Industries hired Curt Nead as vice president of safety services and workers’ compensation retro program, and Andrea Morgan as human resources adviser, the Spokane Spokesman-Review reports.
Nead is a certified senior professional in ...Read More
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Employers Can't Impose Notice Requirement on Workers Seeking Medical Treatment
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09/29/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other
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Illinois law does not allow an employer to impose an advance notification requirement on employees who seek medical treatment following a workplace injury, according to a federal trial judge.
Case: Stevenson v. FedEx Group Package System, No. 1:13-cv-00138, 9/24/2014, published.
F...Read More
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Employer Group Pushing for Expansion of 'Opt-Out' Plans to other States
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09/26/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A national employers' organization is dedicating itself to bringing workers’ compensation opt-outs to other states besides Texas and Oklahoma.
The Association of Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation, still in its infancy after forming late last year, sets its ...Read More
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Ethics Training, Budget and Evidence-Based Medicine on Board Agenda
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09/26/2014
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board is scheduled to discuss its fiscal year 2015-16 budget and hear a presentation from the Work Loss Data Institute on evidence-based medicine during a meeting in Anchorage Oct. 2-3.
Other agenda items include:
Case summaries from the...Read More
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Employer Not Immune from Suit by Worker from Temporary Staffing Agency
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09/25/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a tort claim that had been filed by the employee of a temporary staffing agency based on his injuries from an accident while working for the employer.
Case: Mills v. Enviro-Tank Clean, No. 13CA0...Read More
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