Workers' Compensation News
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Legislature Adjourns Without Passing Comp Bills | 03/15/2016 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon lawmakers concluded the 2016 session without acting on bills that would have excluded sick leave pay from the definition of payroll, expressly prohibited employers from directing care and extended term limits for advisory council members. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing Payers to Contract with Hospitals | 03/14/2016 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would allow self-insured employers and insurance companies to negotiate reimbursement rates with hospitals. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Considers Task Force to Study Firefighter Cancer Issue | 03/14/2016 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A resolution asking that a task force be convened to study issues related to the incidence of cancer in firefighters is moving forward in the Hawaii state legislature. ...Read More | |||
| Labor Department Sues Plant Owner Who Fired Injured Worker With Amputated Fingers | 03/11/2016 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Labor Department on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia against a duct manufacturer who fired two employees who documented machine hazards. One of the workers at Lloyd Industries’ Montgomeryville plant was fired July ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit Alleges Worker Fired for Filing Comp Claim | 03/10/2016 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Empty | |||
| A worker who claims he was fired after suffering an on-the-job back injury is suing an Ohio company for alleged wrongful termination and retaliatory discharge, according to a report by the West Virginia Record. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Scuttles Monopoly Proposal in Favor of Study | 03/09/2016 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Hawaii lawmaker scrapped his proposal to create a monopolistic workers' compensation fund and is now asking for a study of the state's workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Longer Tenure for Commission Chairman | 03/09/2016 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina legislature has passed a bill that would allow the governor to reappoint the chairman of the state Workers' Compensation Commission and repeal statutory language that prohibits the chairman from serving two consecutive terms. ...Read More | |||
| LETF Cites Three for Safety Violations | 03/04/2016 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Inspectors with California's Labor Enforcement Task Force ordered three cabinet makers in San Diego County to stop using unguarded saws and issued stop-work orders to two of the businesses that didn't have workers' compensation insurance. Task force inspectors from the Califor...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Exempting Volunteers from Comp Coverage | 03/04/2016 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would allow nongovernmental agencies to opt out of providing workers' compensation coverage for volunteers. ...Read More | |||
| Liberty Mutual Net Income Drops for Q4, Full Year | 03/04/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $411 million, a 25.7% decrease from net income of $553 million in the prior-year quarter. For the 12 months ending Dec. 31, Liberty Mutual reported net income of $514 million, a 71.7% decrease from $1.814 billion fo...Read More | |||
