Workers' Compensation News
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Longtime Coal Mine Worker Gets Oxygen Therapy, Related Equipment | 09/08/2025 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a longtime coal mine worker was entitled to oxygen therapy and related equipment. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Sets Hearing on Fee Schedule Update | 09/02/2025 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation is holding a hearing Sept. 19 on proposed changes to its work comp medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 08/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of summary judgment on a construction foreman’s Labor Law claims. Case: Impagli...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Claims | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against them. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Contractor Pleads Guilty to Payroll Scheme | 08/20/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A labor contractor in Florida pleaded guilty to running an off-the-books payroll scheme that defrauded the federal government and work comp carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Again Propose Bill to Create Federal Heat Standard | 08/04/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers from California introduced legislation proposing to require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to adopt a federal standard to protect workers in high-heat environments. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Board OKs Excluding Overtime From Supplemental Benefit Calculation | 07/23/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Connecticut's labor board dismissed a complaint alleging that a city violated the Municipal Employee Relations Act by excluding overtime earnings when calculating work comp benefits due to an injured police officer. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Claims | 07/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of the injured worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Ask GAO to Probe FECA | 07/16/2025 | |
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| A pair of Republican lawmakers on the House Education and Workforce Committee are asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine the integrity and efficiency of the workers' compensation program for federal workers. ...Read More | |||
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LAO: Second Injury Fund 'No Longer Aligned' With Legislative Intent | 07/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The nonpartisan fiscal and policy adviser to the California Legislature said the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund is no longer aligned with the benefit structure that lawmakers intended for the workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
