Workers' Compensation News
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Goodyear Plant Settles With State for $1.75M Over 4 Deaths in 1 Year | 02/15/2017 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The tire company Goodyear will pay $1.75 million in a settlement with the Virginia labor department over four fatal accidents in one year at a Danville plant. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Walker Proposes Axing Commission That Reviews ALJ Decisions | 02/10/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 2017-19 budget plan proposes scrapping the panel that independently reviews workers' compensation decisions. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Snyder Reappoints 5, Appoints 1 to Workers' Comp Board of Magistrates | 02/07/2017 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed six attorneys to the board of magistrates who hear workers' compensation cases. Five were reappointments. ...Read More | |||
| Griff Moody Named SVP at Alliant | 01/31/2017 | ||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage, has hired Griff Moody as a senior vice president in its construction services group. Moody will provide insurance and surety risk advisory services to construction clients across the country. He will be based in Alliant’s ...Read More | |||
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Governor Introduces Reforms to Address Rising Costs | 01/27/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alaska Gov. Bill Walker introduced a series of workers’ compensation reforms that could cut system costs by nearly $4 million a year starting in 2023 by speeding up dispute resolutions and benefit delivery, cracking down on fraud and eliminating the second injury fund. ...Read More | |||
| Governor Announces Reappointment to OSHA Appeals Board | 01/19/2017 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California. Gov. Jerry Brown reappointed Ed Lowry to serve on the board that handles appeals from employers over citations issued by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The governor on Tuesday appointed Lowry continue filling the seat for the public representative on the Occup...Read More | |||
| Governor Moves To Merge Commerce, Labor Departments | 01/19/2017 | ||
| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Vermont may merge its labor and commerce departments as per a push by its new governor, the nonprofit news site VTDigger.org reported. On his first day in office, Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed an executive order to merge the Department of Labor with the Agency of Commerce and Communit...Read More | |||
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Governor Calls for Additional Workers' Comp Reforms | 01/16/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says more reforms are needed to improve the state's complicated and overly expensive workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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General Assembly to Mull Firefighter Presumption, Worker-Chosen Comp Doctors | 01/13/2017 | |
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| Source: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana General Assembly will once again consider whether the state should streamline access to workers' compensation benefits for firefighters by creating a rebuttable presumption that certain ailments are work-related. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Challenges Legislative End Run | 01/12/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has amended his lawsuit against legislative leaders to challenge his predecessor’s appointment of his chief of staff’s wife to the state Industrial Commission. ...Read More | |||
