Workers' Compensation News
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LASIE Annual Conference Set for Nov. 12-14 | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Louisiana Association of Self-Insured Employers is holding its annual conference Nov. 12-14 in Baton Rouge. The conference will feat...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Alleges Post Office Fired Worker for Reporting Injury | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Postal Service illegally reported a worker for reporting a workplace injury. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Claim | 05/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted partial summary judgment on a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Raise Payroll Limits for Ag Workers | 05/07/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would increase the gross annual payroll limit for agricultural, ranching and horticultural workers to be covered by workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Lump-Sum Bill Heading to Governor's Desk | 04/30/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would clarify requirements for work comp carriers and self-insured employers to make lump-sum payments of permanent partial disability benefits is heading to the desk of Oregon’s governor. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Bar Bad Actors From Assigned Risk Plan | 04/30/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Arizona lawmakers voted to send the governor a bill that would exclude certain employers from placement in the state’s assigned risk plan. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Good Faith Bill | 04/29/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers in Washington sent the governor a bill that would expand the duty of good faith and fair dealing to all self-insured employers operating in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Allow Stress Claims by First Responders | 04/28/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers on Friday voted to send the governor a bill that would allow police, firefighters and emergency medical care providers to file workers’ compensation claims for stress. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Amends Bill to Limit Subrogation Rights of First Responders' Employers | 04/23/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that originally proposed to prohibit employers of certain types of first responders from pursuing subrogation claims against third parties responsible for causing an injury was amended to instead require that the specified first responders receive a portion of the funds recovered. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Sends Governor Bill to Modify Disability Benefits | 04/23/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Legislature sent the governor a bill that would revise the schedule used to calculate total disability benefits for unmarried workers. ...Read More | |||
