Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Gearing Up for Review of UR | 03/30/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The leader of a Senate committee that hears workers' comp issues has introduced legislation that would require certification of utilization review plans. ...Read More | |||
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Legislators Schedule Thursday Discussion on Employee vs. Independent Contractor Debate | 03/30/2016 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill proposing to change the definitions of employers and independent contractors is on the House of Representatives calendar Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Secretary Perez Calls Opt-Out Plans 'Pathway to Poverty' | 03/29/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Calling opt-out plans that replace traditional workers’ compensation a “disturbing trend,” U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez has said in ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Adopting Permanent E-Filing Rules | 03/29/2016 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development is amending its document filing rules to codify an order from 2015 allowing for the electronic submissions to the Division of Workers’ Compensation and Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
| Landscaper to Pay $22,125 Restitution for Double Dipping | 03/28/2016 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio landscaper will pay $22,125.60 restitution to the Bureau of Workers' Compensation after pleading guilty to one misdemeanor count of workers' compensation fraud, the BWC's Special Investigations Department said. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Starts Rulemaking to Revise Classification Standards | 03/28/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries started formal rulemaking to revise 13 industry classifications. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Measure on Firefighters and Cancer | 03/28/2016 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia General Assembly on Thursday passed legislation that would allow firefighters to collect workers’ compensation benefits for any type of cancer if they can show that it was caused by their work, ...Read More | |||
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Law Professor Questions Ethics of State Workers' Comp Commissioner | 03/25/2016 | |
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| By: Joe McDonald (reporter) | |||
| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A University of South Carolina law professor and ethics expert said state Workers' Compensation Commissioner Susan Barden has shown a “prolonged pattern of unethical conduct" who puts her opinion about a witness' credibility over medical evidence. ...Read More | |||
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LAUSD Worker Drops Psych Claim as Part of Settlement | 03/24/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Los Angeles Unified School District worker who accused a former superintendent of sexual harassment has agreed to drop a workers’ compensation claim against the district as part of a $93,000 settlement, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Reaches Out to Former Nuclear Weapons Workers | 03/24/2016 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A two-day outreach event on compensation and medical benefits available for former nuclear weapons workers, families and survivors is scheduled March 29-30 by the U.S. Department of Labor in Bridgeton. ...Read More | |||
