Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Orders Budget Cuts to Fee-Funded DWC and Comp Judges' Office | 08/24/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida's workers' compensation regulators and judges have begun adjusting to the governor's request for a significant budget cut, one that will likely leave some vacant positions unfilled and prohibit travel. ...Read More | |||
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Governor's Presumption Order Asks for Some Data the Commission Doesn't Have | 08/17/2020 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission is asking for a little help in complying with the governor's recent order that created a COVID-19 presumption and required more data reporting from the commission. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Tweaking Uninsured Fund Petitions, Doctors' Invoices | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed a bill that gives workers and the uninsured fund a little more room to recover payments when an employer is not insured. ...Read More | |||
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Governor's Mask Move Collides With Comp Board's Mandate | 07/17/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: GA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp this week surprised many when he issued an order blocking local and state mandates that people wear masks in public places. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Presumption Law With Defense for Employers That Follow Virus Guidelines | 07/16/2020 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has signed into law a broad COVID-19 presumption law, making the state the 14th to lower the compensation threshold for some frontline and essential workers. ...Read More | |||
| Governor Signs Bill Authorizing Coverage for Audible Trauma | 07/01/2020 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Workers’ compensation will provide benefits to first responders in Colorado who overhear traumatic events, under a bill Gov. Jared Polis signed into law. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Law That Seeks to Finally End Debate on Voluntary Abandonment | 06/23/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine enacted a bill aimed at clarifying benefit eligibility for claimants who can't work for reasons other than disabling injuries, a concept known as voluntary abandonment. ...Read More | |||
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Governor's Executive Order Creates COVID-19 Presumption | 06/19/2020 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order creating a presumption that COVID-19 is a compensable condition for some workers diagnosed with the disease. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Names Sean Egan Director of COVID-19 Workplace Safety | 06/10/2020 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Sean Egan, who oversees the Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency and the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to serve as director of COVID-19 workplace safety. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Rebuttable COVID Presumption Into Law | 06/09/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law a bill that creates a rebuttable COVID-19 presumption for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and health care providers. ...Read More | |||
