Workers' Compensation News
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Governors Act to Stop Federal Vaccination Requirement | 11/08/2021 | |
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| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to file a lawsuit to prevent the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration from enforcing an emergency workplace safety standard that would mandate vaccinations or regular testing for COVID-19 among large employers. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Makes Appointment to WC Determinations Review Board | 11/02/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Missouri Gov. Michael L. Parsons on Monday appointed Roger Walleck to serve on the Workers’ Compensation Determinations Review Board. ...Read More | |||
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Gilson Daub Expands to Idaho, Adds Attorneys in California | 10/18/2021 | |
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| Workers’ compensation defense and general liability firm Gilson Daub expanded into Idaho, opening a new office in Boise, and it added four attorneys to its team in Southern California. ...Read More | |||
| General Assembly Building Project Subcontractors Charged with Misclassification | 10/08/2021 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two subcontractors working on the Virginia General Assembly Building remodeling project were charged with ten counts of felony embezzlement each as a result of allegedly misclassifying their workers. ...Read More | |||
| General Contractor Gets Summary Judgment Tossing Claims by Subcontractor's Injured Employee | 10/05/2021 | ||
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| A California appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a general contractor dismissing the tort claims by a subcontractor’s injured employee as being barred by the Privette doctrine. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Signs CIGA Bond Bill | 10/01/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill extending the deadline for the California Insurance Guarantee Association to issue bonds to cover claim costs arising from insolvencies of workers’ compensation carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes Apportionment Discrimination Bill | 09/30/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed an unopposed bill that would have prohibited apportioning disability to race, gender and other characteristics, and he said training qualified medical evaluators and agreed medical evaluators is the best way to prevent discriminatory apportionment determination...Read More | |||
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Grand Jury: Laborers Classified as Florists in Scheme to Avoid $1M in Comp Premiums | 09/30/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A company that secured more than 100 contracts with New York City allegedly misclassified the type of work laborers were doing as part of a scheme to evade more than $1 million in workers’ compensation premiums, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Reappoints Administrative Law Judges | 09/20/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the reappointment of four administrative law judges in the Department of Workers’ Claims, all effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Makes Appointments to Comp Commission | 09/02/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced 10 appointments or reappointments to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
