Workers' Compensation News
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Firefighters, Cities Square Off Over Cancer Presumption Bill | 02/25/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Ohio firefighters are lining up against their employers in a battle over legislation that would create a rebuttable presumption of compensability for certain types of cancers. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighters Push Again for Cancer Presumption | 02/24/2016 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Idaho firefighters converged on the Capitol to request a hearing on whether certain cancers should be covered by the state's workers' compensation system, according to a report by KTVB. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Seek Eight-Year Sentence for Yee | 02/22/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prosecutors are recommending an eight-year prison term for former California state Sen. Leland Yee, who is accused of trying to sell his vote on a workers' compensation bill, arms dealing and other crimes, according to a sentencing recommendation filed with the federal court in San Francisco....Read More | |||
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Fall Hazards Bring $64,400 in Fines Against Builder | 02/22/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A construction company accused of exposing workers to 18-foot falls faces $64,400 in fines by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Admininistration. ...Read More | |||
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Former Postal Service Employee Accused of $94,000 Workers' Comp Fraud | 02/19/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former U.S. Postal Service worker last week appeared in federal court to hear charges of workers’ compensation fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Nor...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Cancer Bill Passes House Committee | 02/18/2016 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A committee in the Georgia House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a bill that would make firefighters stricken by cancer and other diseases eligible for workers' compensation benefits if they demonstrate exposure to a known risk factor while on the job, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Flight Attendant's Accident while Traveling on Employer's Plane Wasn't Compensable | 02/17/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a flight attendant was not within the course and scope of her employment when she injured herself while traveling as a passenger with her employer's airline. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Seek 94K Restitution From Softball-Playing Claimant | 02/17/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former employee of the U.S. Postal Service played in an hours-long competitive softball game after claiming that her work injuries prevented her from grasping objects or reaching above her shoulder, federal prosecutors say. ...Read More | |||
| Frozen Pizza Maker Faces $172,000 in Fines for Worker Amputations, Other Violations | 02/16/2016 | ||
| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Kansas frozen pizza company has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after two of its employees suffered amputations on the job last year. Schwan’s Global Supply Chain, Inc. in Salina, Kansas, was cited for three repeated and four serious ...Read More | |||
| Fee Schedule Bills Moving Through Legislature Without Opposition | 02/16/2016 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two identical bills that would direct the state Workers' Compensation Commission to establish a medical fee schedule are moving toward adoption without a single vote in opposition. All seven members of the House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee on Compensation and R...Read More | |||
