Workers' Compensation News
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Guaranty Assn. Working Group Eyes Large-Deductible Policies
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09/04/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A working group of the Florida Workers' Compensation Guaranty Association will discuss during a meeting in Orlando on Wednesday whether more regulation of large-deductible policies is needed.As reported by WorkCompCentral in May, the Florida guaranty association has been left with so...Read More
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Gas Plant Draws $111,000 in Fines after Explosion Burns Worker
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08/31/2012
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued eight citations, with fines totaling $111,000, to Plains Gas Solutions in Eunice, La., for alleged violations involving OSHA's process safety management standards following an explosion and fire that severely burned a worker....Read More
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Governor Reappoints 2 to State Board of Nursing
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08/30/2012
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State: MO | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced the reappointment Tuesday of two members of the State Board of Nursing.Lisa A. Green, of St. Louis, and Rhonda Shimmens, of Jefferson City, were reappointed for terms expiring June 1, 2016.The board is responsible for examining, licensing and...Read More
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Governor's Safety Conference Scheduled for Spokane
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08/29/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The 61st annual Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference will feature two days of workshops covering topics, including disaster preparedness, workplace bullying and wind turbine collapses.The conference, scheduled for Sept. 26 and 27, will also feature sessions on industr...Read More
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Governor Picks 2 for Workers' Comp Advisory Council
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08/28/2012
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has announced two appointments to the Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation. Susan Olson of Austin was reappointed as a business representative for a term effective from Aug. 28, 2012, to June 30, 2017. Olson is a corporate attorney with Hormel Foods ...Read More
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Goodwin Calls for Overhaul to Combat Misclassification
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08/24/2012
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State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefNorth Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said on Thursday lawmakers should move the workers' compensation fraud unit from the state Industrial Commission to the state Ins...Read More
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Great American Appoints President to Agribusiness Division
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08/24/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Great American Insurance Group announced on Thursday the promotion of David L. Thompson Jr. to president of its Specialty Property and Casualty AgriBusiness Division. Thompson joined Great American in 2006 and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the company, the Cincin...Read More
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Groundskeeper Cited for Asbestos Exposure on College Project
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08/20/2012
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State: WV | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined a Maryland-based company for asbestos violations at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, W.Va.OSHA said in a press release that inspectors cited Sodexo, of Gaithersburg, Md., for 12 serious violations of asbestos regul...Read More
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Groups Pushing Court to Weigh in on Medicare Reimbursements
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08/10/2012
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefSome of the nation's defense lawyers, insurers, retailers and workers' compensation attorneys are pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve conflicting circuit court rulings and...Read More
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Government Expands 'Special Exposure Cohort' for Fernald Workers
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08/03/2012
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying former employees of the Feed Materials Production Center in Fernald, Ohio, about a new class of employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.The act provides compensati...Read More
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