Workers' Compensation News
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Eastern Alliance Finalizes Purchase of Great Falls' Comp Renewals | 09/20/2017 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| ProAssurance Corp. subsidiary Eastern Alliance Insurance Co. has finalized its purchase of the renewal rights to Great Falls Insurance Co.’s book of workers’ compensation business. ...Read More | |||
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Employee Misclassification Complaints Up 644% in First Half of 2017 | 09/20/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Complaints of employee misclassification were up more than 644% during the first and second quarters of 2017, compared to the first two quarters in 2016, the Industrial Commission said. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Asked to Pay as Mainstay Liabilities Near $50 Million | 09/19/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The $16.9 million security deposit posted by a tribe-owned professional employer organization was enough to pay claims only for a about a year-and-a-half after the self-insured PEO became insolvent, and now its former California clients may have to pick up a $30 million tab. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Cop Accused of Altering Work-Restriction Documents Charged With 2 Felonies | 09/18/2017 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Milwaukee police officer who was fired for allegedly lying about her work restrictions has been charged with two felonies, the Milwaukee Journal ...Read More | |||
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Employer Asks Supreme Court to Decide Proper Calculation of Credit for Worker's 3rd-Party Recovery | 09/13/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Oklahoma employer on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to weigh in on the amount of credit it could claim against its future liability for a worker’s benefits based on his recovery from a third-party tortfeasor. ...Read More | |||
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EK Health Expands Services in San Francisco | 09/12/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| EK Health Services Inc. this month began providing medical bill review and repricing services, utilization review and catastrophic illness eligibility review to the City and County of San Francisco. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Terminate Benefit Payments to Worker Who Left Workforce | 09/12/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board allowing an employer to terminate payment of benefits to an employee who had voluntarily left the workforce. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Rule Passed So Jockey Fund Can Self-Insure | 09/08/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has adopted an emergency rule, effective Aug. 18, to give the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund the option to self-insure for workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Suspend Benefits to Worker Who Voluntarily Quit Light-Duty Job | 08/31/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court upheld a judge’s order granting an employer a suspension of liability for the payment of benefits to a worker who had voluntarily quit a position within his medical restrictions. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Didn't Bar Worker's Suit for Damages From Rape, Robbery by Colleague | 08/31/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act did not bar a worker’s tort suit over the injuries she sustained during the course of a robbery and rape by a cook at the restaurant where both were employed. ...Read More | |||
