Workers' Compensation News
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Labor Department Updates Domiciliary Care Hourly Rate
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12/02/2015
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The Employment Relations Division of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry corrected the daily reimbursement rate for in-home health care services provided by family members of an injured worker on or after July 1.
The rate for 24-hour domiciliary care is $172.70, the department sa...Read More
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Labor Leaders Push Back Against Christie Veto
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11/20/2015
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A union representing correctional officers in New Jersey has launched a push back against Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a bill that would have granted workers greater compensation rights.
Lance Lopez, president of PBA Local 105, which represents prison officers, sa...Read More
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Labor Commission Issues Warning on Poster Selling Scam
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11/19/2015
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State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Utah employers are the latest to be targeted in scheme through which printing companies are using threats of disciplinary action to try to sell the mandatory posters all businesses are required to display, the state Labor Commission warned.
Private companies are allowed to make and sell p...Read More
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Labor Commission Sponsoring Half-Day Educational Conference
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11/19/2015
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The Utah Labor Commission is sponsoring a half-day educational conference that will explore state workers' compensation laws and rules as well as medical conditions commonly suffered by injured workers.
The conference will feature a 30-minute session on recent case law and a 45-minute...Read More
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LMAC Posts Draft Subrogation Bill
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11/18/2015
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Self-insured employers and workers' compensation carriers in Montana would be allowed to recover the amount of medical benefits paid and owed when an injured worker prevails in a third-party negligence claim under a draft subrogation bill being discussed by the Labor-Management Advisory Counc...Read More
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Legal Aid Services Files Complaint against Industrial Commission
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11/10/2015
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The failure of the Idaho Industrial Commission to have a plan to help workers who can't speak or write English file workers' compensation claims constitutes a civil rights violation, according to a complaint filed by Idaho Legal Aid Services.
The nonprofit law firm on Nov. 5 ...Read More
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Laborer Sentenced for Workers' Comp Fraud
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11/10/2015
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Pickaway County laborer has been ordered to pay $4,081 in restitution after pleading guilty to collecting workers’ compensation disability benefits while continuing to work.
Ralph Dollison of Circleville pleaded guilty Oct. 28 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to one fi...Read More
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Labor Commission Reports Reduction in Injury and Illness Rates
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11/09/2015
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The combined public and private sector industry rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses dropped to 3.3 per 100 full-time workers in 2014 from 3.4 in 2013, the Utah Labor Commission announced.
In the private sector, the overall incidence of injuries fell to 3.2% from 3.4% in 2...Read More
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