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Health Care Services Board and Treatment Guideline Subcommittee to Meet 03/09/2015
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents' Health Care Services Board will meet in executive session on March 14 to discuss a complaint. No other information was given about the complaint on the board's agenda. Executive sessions are closed to the public. On the...Read More
 
 
Hog Farm Contractor Accused of Forging Certificates of Insurance 03/06/2015
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
An investigation by the North Carolina Insurance Department resulted in the arrest Thursday of an agricultural contractor for allegedly forging certificates of workers' compensation and liability insurance. James Quinn, 52 of Hampstead, North Carolina, is charged with one count of obt...Read More
 
 

House Passes RTW Bill, TD Clarification Moving through Senate 03/05/2015
State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The New Mexico House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit an injured worker from collecting temporary disability benefits when an employer offers work at or above pre-injury wages. ...Read More
 
 
House Bill Would Open Web Portal for Reporting Misclassified Employees 03/05/2015
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A bill that would set up an online resource for people to submit tips on misclassified employees is making its way through the Georgia House of Representatives. House Bill 500 would direct the state's Department of Labor to set up a website allowing people to submit reports ...Read More
 
 
Hullender to Join IC as Deputy Commissioner in April 03/03/2015
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The North Carolina Industrial Commission has announced the appointment of David M. Hullender as a deputy commissioner. Hullender’s appointment will be effective April 20. Hullender is currently in private practice at his own firm in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. He previously work...Read More
 
 
High Court Says Medical Treatment Guidelines Can't Be retroactively Applied to Worker 03/02/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: OK | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state's medical treatment guidelines could not be retroactively applied to an injured worker who received an award of continuing medical treatment prior to the effective date of the statute adopting the use of the guidelines. Case: Shepard v. ...Read More
 
 

Henderson Franklin Annual HR Seminar Scheduled for March 24 02/27/2015
Source: Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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House Approves Bill Exempting Employers from Paying for Marijuana 02/23/2015
State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Arizona employers would not be required to buy medical marijuana for injured workers under a bill passed by the House of Representatives last week. ...Read More
 
 
Hotel Co-Owner Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Hiring Undocumented Workers 02/19/2015
State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The co-owner of two hotels in Kansas and Missouri will serve 21 months in federal prison for hiring illegal aliens to lower operating costs by failing to collect payroll taxes and pay for workers' compensation coverage, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas City, Kansas, announced. ...Read More
 
 

House Approves Bill to Limit Commercial Compounding Operations 02/17/2015
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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