Workers' Compensation News
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House Approves Bill Increasing WC Appeals Court Judge Salaries | 05/17/2018 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| As expected, the Minnesota House of Representatives voted 127-0 to pass a bill that increases the salaries of workers’ compensation judges by about $7,000 and allows retired administrative law judges to hear cases in the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Death Benefit Statute, Exclusive Remedy Pass Constitutional Muster | 05/15/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alaska's statutory cap on benefits when a worker without dependents dies is constitutional, and exclusive remedy prevents a mother from trying to pursue a defective-machinery lawsuit to recover damages, the state Supreme Court ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Hear Arguments in UR Malpractice Dispute May 29 | 05/11/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments at the end of the month in a case that has the potential to disrupt how utilization review is performed in the state’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Legislation Creating PTSD Presumption for 1st Responders | 05/10/2018 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota House of Representatives has passed legislation that would create a presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder claims filed by first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Hondurans Accused of Renting Insurance Policy to Shady Contractors | 05/10/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two Honduran citizens face felony charges and deportation after they were arrested for allegedly running a scam that swindled a workers’ compensation insurer out of more than $6 million by buying workers’ comp policies in the name of a shell company and renting them out to contractors...Read More | |||
| Hearing Set for Monday on Fee Schedules | 05/10/2018 | ||
| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The South Dakota Division of Labor and Management is reminding stakeholders that it will hold a public hearing Monday on new workers' compensation fee schedules and new conversion factors for some medical services. The conversion factor used to determine maximum reimbursements would r...Read More | |||
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Hoosier State Switching to EDI 3.1 in January | 05/07/2018 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Indiana will require electronic reporting of all first reports of injury, starting Jan. 1, the Workers' Compensation Board announced. ...Read More | |||
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High Court IDs Test to Distinguish Employees From Contractors | 05/01/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s Supreme Court on Monday laid down a simple, three-part test to determine whether a person is an employee of an independent contractor, in a ruling that could have implications for workers’ compensation and the gig economy. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Public Plan for Residual Market | 04/30/2018 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois House has passed a bill that would set up a public insurer for the residual market, which a national insurance group has already blasted as a bad idea. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Set for New Rules on Payment Plan for Penalized Employers | 04/26/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
