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	Governor Names Chastain as WC Board Appeals Judge		06/07/2018

	State: GA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 247 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 18 min read
	Terry Chastain Georgia Gov. Nathan D...Read More


	Greitens Signs WC Notice, PEO Registration Bills Into Law Hours Before Resigning		06/06/2018

	State: MO \| Segment: SOUTH \| 294 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 32 min read
	Just hours before he resigned amid a sexual misconduct scandal, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signed into law two bills affecting workers and employer organizations. ...Read More


	Going-and-Coming Rule Didn't Bar Worker's Claim		06/01/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MD \| Segment: SOUTH \| 271 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 10 min read
	A narrow majority of judges on the state's highest court revived a county employee’s claim for benefits for a car accident that occurred while she was traveling to mandatory training on her day off. ...Read More


	Governor Signs Pay Raise for WC Appeals Judges		05/25/2018

	State: MN \| Segment: NORTH \| 394 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 35 min read
	Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed into law a $7,000 pay raise for workers' compensation appeals judges. ...Read More


	Governor Reappoints Omar Hernandez as Administrative Judge		05/25/2018

	State: MA \| Segment: NORTH \| 244 \| 0 \| Popular with Employer \| 102 min read
	Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated Omar Hernandez for reappointment to the position of administrative judge on the Industrial Accident Board at the Department of Industrial Accidents. ...Read More


	Garage Door Company Owner Charged With Falsifying WC Insurance Coverage		05/25/2018

	State: GA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 330 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 23 min read
	The owner of a garage door company in the Atlanta-area has been charged with falsifying insurance coverage, the Georgia insurance commissioner announced this week. ...Read More


	Governor Signs Bill Allowing Hearings in WC District, Not City of Injury		05/22/2018

	State: SC \| Segment: SOUTH \| 171 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 87 min read
	The South Carolina governor has signed into law a measure that will mean less driving for workers' compensation judges and staff, but perhaps more miles for workers and employers. ...Read More


	Generic-Drug Use, a 'Basic' Cost-Saving Strategy, Faces Obstacles		05/21/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA \| Segment: Top \| 327 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 26 min read
	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on drugmakers that refuse to provide samples of brand name products to competitors trying to develop generic alternatives — just one strategy drug companies are using to thwart competition. ...Read More


	GEKLAW Promotes Steve Scardino to Partner		05/16/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 570 \| 8 \| Popular with Legal \| 12 min read
	Steve R. Scardino (Facebook photo)...Read More


	Greg Kelder Named Division VP at Great American Insurance Group		05/15/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 202 \| 1 \| Popular with Legal \| 380 min read
	Great American Insurance Group has hired Greg Kelder divisional vice president of its environmental division. ...Read More

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KY - OSHA Training in Louisville Oct. 22-26

09/24/2018 | 28 | 0

Kentucky's state-run workplace safety agency will offer another round of free training Oct. 22-26, this time in Louisville. The free training for employers and employees will run all week and will cover hazard communication, electrical safety, injury record-keeping, excavation and trenching, spray paint safety, fire protection, confined spaces, and wages and hours. The classes will be at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus, Founders Union Building, Room 6, in Louisville, and will start at 8:30 a.m. each day. Most classes qualify for continuing education credit for plumbing, and h... Read More

RI - Bug-Sniffing Dogs to Check for Bedbugs at WC Court

09/24/2018 | 34 | 0 | 121 min read

Courthouse officials agreed to bring in bug-sniffing dogs to find bedbugs that have brought numerous complaints from workers. After a meeting with employees Thursday, administrators at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Rhode Island, home to the Workers' Compensation and other courts, said dogs were to be brought in Saturday, according to the Providence Journal newspaper. Union leaders and others have said the complex should be closed and treated for the insects after people complained of seeing the itch-inducing bugs on several floors. But a court administrator said that a pest contro... Read More

NY - Corrections Officer Accused of Working as a Bouncer While on Benefits

09/21/2018 | 127 | 0 | 5 min read

A New York corrections officer has been charged with grand larceny and insurance fraud after investigators discovered that he was working as a bouncer in an Albany-area bar while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, the New York Inspector General’s Office said. Benjamin Essenter, 44, of Clifton Park, was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Colonie Justice Court, according to a press release. Essenter claimed he was injured while working as a corrections officer at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in the summer of 2016. He submitted medical examination reports stating... Read More

CA - Columnist: WCAB Move Fits Pattern of Rewarding Friends With Patronage

09/21/2018 | 555 | 0 | 14 min read

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appoint a high school classmate to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board fits with a pattern of rewarding friends with political appointments since the start of his third term in 2011, according to columnist Dan Walters. Juan Pedro Gaffney Walters, a former columnist for the Sacramento Bee who joined the nonprofit CALmatters as a commentary writer in 2017, said that shortly after Brown took office in 2011, he rescinded an appointment his predecessor made to the state community college Board of Governors. Brown’s office exp... Read More

RI - Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings

09/21/2018 | 64 | 0 | 1 min read

Despite calls from labor unions to shut down the courthouse because of bedbugs, court administrators have said it's not such a biting concern and plan to keep the building operating. Union officials and courthouse regulars have complained for weeks about the itch-causing insects on several floors of the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence and don't feel that the issue is being taken seriously, according to local TV news. "It's a serious situation, and I don't know that they're taking it to the level I think it should be taken," said Michael Dow... Read More

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