Workers' Compensation News
| |
|
Gradual Worsening of Worker's Condition Was Not New Injury
|
07/05/2012
|
|
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
|
|
State: GA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
A worker who returned to work after a compensable injury only to have her condition progressively worsen did not suffer a "new injury" when she deteriorated to the point she could no longer work, but rather experienced a change in condition, the state Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Governor Signs Comp Bill into Law Despite Media Objections
|
07/05/2012
|
|
|
|
State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Despite numerous calls for a veto from media outlets around the state, North Carolina Gov. Bev Purdue has signed into law a bill designed to help officials crack down on the some 30,000 employers in the state said to be operating without workers' compensation insurance. According to a July 2 ...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Gov. Appoints Insurance Department Acting Director
|
07/02/2012
|
|
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
|
|
State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer named Germaine Marks the acting director of the Department of Insurance to fill in for the outgoing director who retired on FridayMarks, who has served as deputy director of the Insurance Department since 2003, will replace Christina Urias, who was appointed direc...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Governor Approves PEO Regulations
|
06/29/2012
|
|
|
|
State: NE | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Gov. Dave Heineman (R) has approved regulations proposed by the Nebraska Department of Labor under the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act, the Secretary of State's Office reported on Thursday.A hearing on the proposed regulations was held on Sept. 28, 2011....Read More
|
| |
| |
|
GlobalOptions Awarded SIU Contract with Accident Ins. Co.
|
06/28/2012
|
|
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
|
|
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
GlobalOptions Inc. announced on Wednesday that Accident Insurance Co. has hired it to serve as its special investigations unit (SIU) for the Columbia, S.C.-based workers' compensation and specialty commercial insurer.GlobalOptions said it will prepare fraud compliance reporting, cond...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Group to Propose 'Model' Rules for Opioid Use in Comp
|
06/27/2012
|
|
|
|
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
By Heather Scofield, ReporterAs several states work to tackle what some have dubbed a growing epidemic of increasing opioid use among injured workers, the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIA...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
General Assembly Approves $81.9 Million Transfer from Comp Fund
|
06/27/2012
|
|
|
|
State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
The Pennsylvania General Assembly on Monday voted final approval to make an annual transfer from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the state Department of Labor and Industry to finance state operations under the Workers' Compensation Act and the Occupational Disease Act....Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Grand Jury Indicts 7 for Medical Insurance Fraud
|
06/26/2012
|
|
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
|
|
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Prosecutors in Central California are attempting to extradite from the Philippines a doctor who was among seven indicted for a medical insurance fraud scheme prosecutors say could be worth as much as $95 million, according to multiple media sources.A Kern County Grand Jury earlier in Jun...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Governor's Safety Conference Coming to Portland
|
06/25/2012
|
|
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
|
|
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
The 2103 Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Conference featuring more than 150 workshops and sessions will be held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland from March 4 to March 7.Conference topics will include safety committee training, improving workplace safety ...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Governor Signs Bill Extending Period for Action on Comp Claims
|
06/21/2012
|
|
|
|
State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has signed legislation to extend the period for taking action on workers' compensation claims from two years to three years.Senate Bill 430 by Sen. Edwin Murray, D-New Orleans, is being enacted as Act 783 and is effective Aug. 1.Current law...Read More
|
| |
1500 Results
Page 108 of 150
