Workers' Compensation News
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Former AWCC CEO Benafield Named Deputy Attorney General
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12/01/2014
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Julie Benafield, the former chief executive officer of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, has been named the state’s next chief deputy attorney general, according to local television station 5 News.
Attorney General-Elect Leslie Rutledge announced Benafield’s...Read More
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Former OWCP Director Named to Wolf Transition Team
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12/01/2014
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Wolf has appointed former Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs Director Ida Castro as a member of Budget Deficit and Fiscal Stabilization Task Force, YourErie.com reports.
Castro served as the Department of Labor’s OWCP director fr...Read More
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Four Directors Retiring from Insurance Dept.
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12/01/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The directors of life division, information technology, consumer assistance and anti-fraud are retiring from the Kansas Insurance Department effective Dec. 5, the department announced.
Marlyn Burch, life division director, has served under five commissioners during his 53-year c...Read More
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FDA Approves Abuse-Deterrent Pure Hydrocodone Pill Hysingla ER
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11/26/2014
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval of the first abuse-deterrent, purely hydrocodone extended-release drug.
The administration approved Hysingla ER, manufactured by Purdue Pharma, on Thursday, according to a ...Read More
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Former CEO Charged with Lying, Cover Up Connected to 2010 Mine Explosion
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11/19/2014
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Source: Charleston Gazette
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The former CEO of Massey Energy has been indicted on charges of conspiring to cause willful violations of federal mine safety rules before an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.
The four-count indictment against Donald Blankenship also alleges that Blankenship conspired to cover u...Read More
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Federal, State Labor Depts. Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Misclassification
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11/14/2014
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State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The New Hampshire Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Labor have signed a memorandum of understanding, pledging cooperation to prevent misclassification of workers as independent contractors instead of employees.
The two agencies agreed to share information and coordinate law e...Read More
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Fewer Liens a Product of Several Reform Provisions, Observers Say
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11/11/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New lien filings dropped 60% in 2013 and are on pace to decrease by another 2% this year, a fact that users of California's workers' compensation system attribute to several provisions in Senate Bill 863.
In addition to the mandatory $150 filing fee and 18-month window to file a c...Read More
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Fatal Blast Leads to $99,345 Fine for Fuel Distributor
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11/11/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A lack of safety measures at an Inland Empire fuel distributing facility led to an explosion that caused death, dismemberment and severe employee burns, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health said in a statement announcing it fined National Distribution Services Inc. $99,345....Read More
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