Workers' Compensation News
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Emergency COVID Workplace Protection Rules Take Effect | 12/02/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Emergency rules requiring California employers to implement site-specific plans to protect workers from COVID-19 took effect at the start of the week, the Division of Occupational Safe...Read More | |||
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Employers Names Antonello as Successor to CEO Dirks | 11/20/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers Holdings Inc. announced that Katherine Antonello will take over as president and CEO when Douglas D. Dirks retires on April 1, 2021. ...Read More | |||
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Employers' Liability Claims Could Rise as COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens | 11/19/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic climbs past 250,000, some workers’ compensation observers are predicting an uptick in employers’ liability claims stemming from injured workers and their family members alleging that infections occurred while on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Could Require Workers to Get COVID-19 Vaccine | 11/19/2020 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Arizona employers could require their workers to get vaccinated when a COVID-10 vaccine becomes available, a local news radio station reported. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Pretrial Stipulation Doesn't Foreclose MCC Defense | 11/10/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that an employer’s pretrial stipulation as to the body party involved in a firefighter's accident did not waive its right to pursue its defense as to causal connection. ...Read More | |||
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Electronic System Experiences Delays, Board Says | 11/09/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board is experiencing delays with the electronic case management system and is working to resolve the problem, the board said. ...Read More | |||
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Editorial: Prop. 22 a Road Map for Bypassing Legislature on Labor Law | 11/05/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Los Angeles Times editorial board on Thursday said the success of Proposition 22 creates a road map that companies can follow to b...Read More | |||
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Election Winner Won't Hurt Insurers' Profits, and Pandemic Hasn't Hurt Weekly Benefits | 11/04/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If insurers are worried about what the winner of Tuesday's presidential election might mean for profitability, perhaps they shouldn't be. ...Read More | |||
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Economists Wonder if BWC's $5 Billion Dividend Will Be Enough for Struggling Businesses | 11/03/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| With no further congressional stimulus package on the horizon, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has taken it upon itself to help employers survive the lingering pandemic recession with the largest dividend in state history. ...Read More | |||
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Evolving Cannabis Trends Will Affect Workers' Comp Systems, Pharma Experts Say | 10/29/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As America’s lucrative cannabis industry continues to grow, workers’ compensation systems will have to adjust to changing regulatory trends and evolving treatment options for a drug that scientists are still trying to figure out, pharmaceutical experts said. ...Read More | |||
