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	Hearing Set for New Rules on Payment Plan for Penalized Employers		04/26/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 246 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 92 min read
	The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a hearing May 17, if requested, on proposed rules that will make it easier for penalized employers to renegotiate monthly payment plans. ...Read More


	House Approves Formulary Bill on Second Try		04/17/2018

	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 689 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday voted 101-92 to approve a bill that would mandate adoption of a drug formulary, reviving the measure after it failed in a tie vote on Feb. 6. ...Read More


	Hearsay, Speculation Aren't Enough to Allow Suit Against Utility		04/11/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 274 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 4 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that a utility company was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a property owner’s claims that it was responsible for a construction worker’s injury, since the claims were supported only by hearsay and speculation. ...Read More


	House Passes Bills Prohibiting Unreasonable Denials, Creating Opioid Rules		04/10/2018

	State: HI \| Segment: WEST \| 245 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 25 min read
	The Hawaii House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit unreasonable denials of workers’ compensation claims, and another measure requiring doctors to inform injured workers about potential risks when prescribing opioids. ...Read More


	House Passes Bill to Increase PPD Benefits		04/10/2018

	State: AK \| Segment: WEST \| 219 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 99 min read
	The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill that would nearly double the base amount used to calculate permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More


	High Court Rejects Worker's Challenge to Order Terminating Benefit Eligibility		04/06/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AK \| Segment: WEST \| 298 \| 0 \| Popular with Employer \| 2 min read
	The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a worker could not challenge an administrative order that terminated his eligibility for re-employment benefits, since he had missed the deadline for taking such action and had failed to prove his entitlement. ...Read More


	Heavy-Equipment Operator Gets PPD Award for Hearing Loss From Employer of 2 Months		04/05/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 219 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 73 min read
	The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a heavy-equipment operator was entitled to an award of permanent partial disability benefits for hearing loss from his employer of fewer than two months. ...Read More


	HealthSmart Appoints VP for Sales in Casualty Claims Division		04/04/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 400 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 29 min read
	HealthSmart, a third-party administrator of health plans for self-insured employers, announced Tuesday the appointment of Dean Mandis as vice president of sales for its Casualty Claims Solutions division. ...Read More


	House Finalizes Bill to Double Benefits for Correctional Officers		04/04/2018

	State: MD \| Segment: SOUTH \| 570 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 164 min read
	The Maryland House of Representatives on Monday night agreed to minor changes in legislation that would double disability benefits for injured correctional officers. The move gives final approval to HB 205, which...Read More


	High Court Agrees to Decide Whether Unemployed Volunteers Can Get Wage Benefits		03/30/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: NJ \| Segment: Top \| 358 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 33 min read
	The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether wage-replacement benefits should go to someone who had no wages. A ruling for the p...Read More

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KY - OSHA Training in Louisville Oct. 22-26

09/24/2018 | 29 | 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 | 35 | 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 | 131 | 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 | 556 | 0 | 15 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 | 65 | 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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