Workers' Compensation News
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Employee Misclassification Law Becomes Effective Dec. 31 | 12/19/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission has notified stakeholders of a new employee misclassification statute that goes into effect Dec. 31. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Barred Worker's Tort Action Against Colleague for Vanpool Accident | 12/18/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a restaurant worker could not proceed with her lawsuit against a coworker for injuries in a car accident that occurred while the colleague was driving her to work in a van owned by their employer. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy Didn't Shield Supervisor From Claims of Assault and Battery | 12/14/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the workers’ compensation law did not bar a worker from suing her former supervisor after he allegedly threw a phone at her and knocked her unconscious by pushing her into a door. ...Read More | |||
| Erie Promotes HR VP to Executive Vice President | 12/13/2017 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Erie Insurance has promoted Dionne Wallace Oakley to executive vice president of human resources and strategy, the carrier said in a press release. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Cop With PTSD After Pulse Shooting Sues for $1M, Alleging Harassment | 12/11/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A first responder to the Pulse nightclub shooting who has become a voice for workers' compensation reform in Florida has sued the City of Orlando and its Police Department for $1 million, alleging harassment and intimidation at the hands of his superiors. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-NBA Player Pleads Guilty in Charity-Donations-for-Client-Referral Scheme | 12/06/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former National Basketball Association big man Kermit Washington pleaded guilty to charges related to a scheme through which he funneled professional athletes to a Southern California workers’ compensation attorney in exchange for donations to his charity, the U.S. Attorney’s Office f...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Reduce Benefits to Undocumented Worker Despite Alleged Wage-Earning Capacity | 12/05/2017 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana Court of Appeal ruled that an employer was not entitled to a reduction in a worker’s benefits based on his post-accident weekly wage-earning capacity where the worker lacked legal authorization to hold a job in the United States, and the employer had presumably been aware o...Read More | |||
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Employer Assessments Increasing by 56.1% as Lien Fee Revenues Drop | 12/04/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers will pay $182.1 million more in assessments than they did last year to fund the operation of the Division of Workers’ Compensation and parts of some agencies within the Department of Industrial Relations, and that may be good news. ...Read More | |||
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Epic Adds Eric Hays as Regional Director of Employee Benefits | 12/04/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants has hired Eric Hays as regional director of employee benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-City Commissioner With Drug-Marketing Job Convicted of Role in $1.7M Fraud Scheme | 12/01/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A marketer for a Penitas, Texas, pharmacy who also served as a Pharr city commissioner was convicted Wednesday for his role in a scheme to defraud Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Texas announced. ...Read More | |||
