Workers' Compensation News
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Last State With Permanent Disability Fund Votes to Shut Down Program | 05/23/2016 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas House of Representatives voted 95-1 on Friday to eliminate the Workers' Compensation Commission's Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Revises Reporting, Classification Rules | 05/20/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries adopted rules revising 13 industry classifications as well as the classification code used for preferred workers. ...Read More | |||
| Liberty Mutual Net Income up 42% in Q1 | 05/19/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. on Wednesday reported net income of $393 million for the three months that ended March 31, a 42.4% increase compared to net income of $276 million during the same period in 2015. The company’s net written premium for the first quarter was $8....Read More | |||
| Labor Commission Proposes Attorney Fee Increase | 05/19/2016 | ||
| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Labor Commission is proposing a small increase of less than 1% to the maximum attorney fees payable for cases argued before the commission, the court of appeals and the state’s high court. A rule-making proposal published in the May 15 Utah State Bulletin proposes to increa...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to Expedite Hearings on Safety Rule Violation Reductions | 05/13/2016 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado legislature has passed a bill that would require employers to state the specific facts that justify a reduction in benefits based on a claimant's violation of a safety rule and allow parties to request an expedited hearing on those benefit reductions. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Aimed to Speed Approval of Treatment Plans | 05/13/2016 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill on Hawaii Gov. David Ige's desk would impose a seven-day deadline on employers to object to medical treatment requested for injured workers, but administration officials have expressed opposition to the measure. ...Read More | |||
| LCTA Workers' Comp Founder Ross Campesi Dies | 05/13/2016 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ross Campesi Sr., founder of LCTA Workers’ Comp, has died, the company reported on Tuesday. Campesi, who was 90, died at home on May 7. Campesi established the Louisiana Commerce & Trade Association, or LCTA, in 1990 in an effort to fill the need for workers’ compe...Read More | |||
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Labor Code Does Not Impose Time Limit on Worker's Eligibility for Impairment Income Benefits | 05/12/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the state Labor Code does not terminate a worker's eligibility for impairment income benefits 401 weeks after the date of his injury. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Commissioner Offers Amnesty to Port Trucking Companies | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Labor Commissioner’s Office is offering amnesty to port trucking companies who misclassified drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Plans To End Travis DA's Fraud-Fighting Deal With Insurer | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| By J. Todd Foster, correspondent A Texas state lawmaker said last week that he intends to introduce legislation next year that will terminate a controversial deal in which Texas Mutual Insurance pays the Travis County District Attorney’s Office to prosecute workers’ compensati...Read More | |||
