Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Signs Airport Firefighter Presumption Bill | 10/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Firefighters at commercial airports regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration will be entitled to a series of rebuttable presumptions under a bill California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs QME Template, Heart Presumption Bills | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills to revise the medical-legal process and to extend the heart trouble presumption to peace officers for the Department of State Hospitals and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. ...Read More | |||
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Guilty Plea Triggers Suspension Despite Subsequent Dismissal | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's law requiring the Division of Workers' Compensation to suspend providers convicted of certain crimes applies when charges are dismissed after a guilty plea, the 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Gideon Baum Succeeds Alex Swedlow as CWCI President | 09/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gideon Baum succeeded Alex Swedlow to become the fifth president of the California Workers' Compensation Institute, effective Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Require Coverage for Counseling | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that will require workers' compensation to pay for 12 hours of counseling for first responders after certain events. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Returning Comp Judges to DWD, Vetoes Contractor Status for Uber Drivers | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill bringing workers' compensation judges back to the Department of Workforce Development. The governor on Frida...Read More | |||
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Governor Makes Appointment to Medical Fee Advisory Board | 08/05/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Matthew Coleman to represent employees on the Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bills Calling for Health Care Safety Rules, Farmworker Study | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed bills directing the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to address workplace violence among health care workers and authorizing a study of labor standards for agricultural workers. ...Read More | |||
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Government Gets 'Windfall' of Immunity for Contractor's Injuries | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the government was entitled to the “windfall” of enjoying immunity for a contractor’s injuries under Virginia’s workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Direct Deposit, Funding Increase for Safety Inspections | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bill allowing benefit payments to be made by direct deposit and increasing funding for the safety and inspection functions of the Division of Industrial Affairs. ...Read More | |||
