Workers' Compensation News
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L&I Proposes Permanent Wildfire Smoke Rules | 05/12/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries proposed permanent rules intended to protect workers from asthma, heart failure and other adverse health conditions caused by exposure to wildfire smoke. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Benefit Bill, Send Exclusive Remedy Exception to Governor | 05/09/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Colorado General Assembly is sending the governor bills that would create an exemption to exclusive remedy for youth labor law violations, modify workers’ compensation benefits and create additional avenues to prehearings at the Division of Independent Medical Examiner. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Send PTSD Presumption to Governor | 04/25/2023 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Tennessee lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for firefighters and unanimously passed a grant program bill to help employers cover the costs of providing benefits for the PTSD claims. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Pushes Forward With Workers' Comp Bills | 04/19/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Steve Nichols, News Contributor The 88th Texas Legislature is shifting into high gear to address legislation, including workers’ compensation measures, that are still pending in various committees as lawmakers eye the session's conclusion in May. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill Limiting Exclusive Remedy in Youth Employment Act Violations | 04/19/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado employers that force minors to work more hours than allowed by law or engage in prohibited forms of work could face civil suits in addition to workers’ compensation claims, under legislation heading to the governor’s desk. ...Read More | |||
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Landscapers Accused of Premium Fraud | 04/17/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that five people affiliated with a landscaping firm in Escondido were arraigned on premium fraud charges. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Pass Bill Reducing Ownership Threshold for Comp Exemption | 04/14/2023 | ||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Montana lawmakers passed a bill that would lower the ownership threshold for officers at private corporations and managers of limited liability companies to be exempted from workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create Self-Insurance Reserve Fund | 04/10/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington lawmakers passed a bill that would create a separate trust fund to collect certain assessments paid by self-insured employers. The stat...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Treat Hernia as Occupational Disease | 04/07/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hernias could be a compensable occupational disease in Maryland, under a bill heading to the governor’s desk. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Considering Bills to Allow for Remote Hearings | 03/29/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Steve Nichols, Contributor Texas lawmakers have introduced bills that would require the Division of Workers’ Compensation to conduct contested case hearings telephonically or by videoconference in some instances. ...Read More | |||
