Workers' Compensation News
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L&I Cites Department of Corrections for Mask, Social Distancing Violations | 12/23/2021 | |
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| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it fined the state Department of Corrections $60,000 for failing to enforce COVID-19 social distancing and mask procedures for workers at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Parking Lot Coverage Bill; Assembly OKs Contractor Status for Caddies | 12/22/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Legislature approved a measure that would define when accidents that occur in employer-provided parking lots are compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose PTSD Coverage for Probation, Correctional Workers | 12/21/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Probation and correctional workers in Florida would be entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder under a pair of bills introduced ahead of the 2022 legislative session. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Aim to Tweak PTSD Presumption Bill | 12/16/2021 | ||
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| Lawmakers in Florida are attempting to amend the state’s three-year-old post-traumatic stress disorder presumption in workers' compensation for first responders to clarify disease onset. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Aim to Amend PTSD Presumption | 12/15/2021 | ||
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| Wisconsin lawmakers are considering legislation that would amend the state’s current workers’ compensation presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by first responders. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Consider Work Comp Bills | 12/14/2021 | ||
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| New Jersey lawmakers are considering two workers’ compensation-related bills that would define the workday as that which begins in an employee parking lot and would permit injured workers under some conditions to be examined by their own physician. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Resolves IT Issues, Reschedules Campus Update | 12/13/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry will release an update to its Work Comp Campus on Thursday that was postponed due to slow system response times. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Dry Cleaner Admits to Stealing Comp Benefits | 12/10/2021 | |
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| The owner of a dry cleaner in Olympia must pay more than $21,000 in restitution after admitting to stealing workers’ compensation benefits, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Delays Campus Release | 12/09/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry on Thursday announced it is rescheduling an update to its Work Comp Campus that was scheduled to be released today. ...Read More | |||
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Legislators Pre-File Bill Prohibiting Vaccine Mandates | 12/08/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Missouri are set to consider legislation that would prohibit employers from mandating that their workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine under certain conditions. ...Read More | |||
