Workers' Compensation News
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Lung Disease Presumption Proposed for Firefighters | 01/09/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana firefighters would be entitled to a presumption that lung diseases are occupational in nature, and would receive benefits from a special fund created to pay these claims under a bill going before state lawmakers this year. ...Read More | |||
| Lien Filing Requirements Spark Questions | 01/05/2017 | ||
| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| SAN FRANCISCO -- A California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board hearing regarding proposed regulations on lien filings drew only two speakers on Wednesday morning, but the public comment period on the regulations has been extended by two weeks. The comment period, originally sched...Read More | |||
| Lockton: Fear and Uncertainty Increase Claim Costs | 01/04/2017 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The average lost-time claim costs 3.5 times more when words such as “fear” and “afraid” are recorded in adjuster conversations, according to a new white paper from Lockton....Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Announces Plans to Re-File PTSD Bill | 12/30/2016 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A measure that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational disease for some safety workers will be back before Minnesota lawmakers in 2017, according to the ...Read More | |||
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Lockout Procedures Could Have Prevented Teen's Death, OSHA Says | 12/30/2016 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A 17-year-old worker’s death following an accident at a Columbus metal fabrication firm has resulted in multiple violations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Labor-Standards Programs Aim to Get Construction Companies Comp Coverage | 12/27/2016 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two labor-standards programs are aiming to ensure that construction workers in two Texas cities are treated fairly, paid fairly and provided workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Employee-Turned-Employers' Attorney Supports Privatization of Comp Insurance Market | 12/27/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A former Department of Labor & Industries employee who now defends employers says that Washington should open its workers' compensation market to private insurers. ...Read More | |||
| L&I May Decrease Discount Rate | 12/23/2016 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Media | |||
| Washington's Department of Labor and Industries will hold a public hearing on Jan. 24 to consider decreasing the pension discount rate. The current pension discount rate is 6.3%. L&I has worked with the Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee to develop a plan to reduce that ...Read More | |||
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Late Indemnity Payments Climb 37.7%; Late Reports of First Injury Rise 55.4% | 12/23/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of late indemnity payments jumped 37.7% in 2015-16, to 2,771, resulting in $99,400 in penalties, the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation said in its ...Read More | |||
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Landscaper Gets Clipped for Operating Without Coverage | 12/20/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Cincinnati man has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud for running a landscaping business for at least five years without coverage. ...Read More | |||
