Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Move to Limit Governor's Orders, Affecting COVID Presumption | 01/08/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Few business groups in Kentucky, at least initially, seemed to mind when newly elected Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in April issued an executive order creating a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for most essential workers. ...Read More | |||
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LUBA Workers' Comp Buys Florida-Based FHM Insurance | 01/08/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| LUBA Workers' Comp has purchased Florida-based FHM Insurance Co., expanding its reach to 13 states across the South. ...Read More | |||
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Littler Adds Cal/OSHA Attorney Eric Compere to Workplace Safety & Health Practice | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employment and labor law firm Littler has added Eric Compere, a former attorney for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, to its workplace safety and health practice group. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Has Only Partially Implemented 2016 Audit Recommendations, Committee Says | 01/06/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A state audit committee says the Department of Labor and Industries has only partially implemented recommendations from a 2016 assessment of how the agency handles claims for Washington’s monopolistic workers’ comp system. ...Read More | |||
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Legislatures Convene: Presumption, PTSD Bills in the Hopper | 01/06/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| With legislatures or their committees set to convene this week and next, several workers' compensation measures are on agendas — from pandemic presumptions in Texas and Missouri to judges' salaries and fee schedules in Florida. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Wants COVID Presumption for Essential Workers | 01/04/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Organized labor will propose legislation during the 2021 legislative session that would create some type of presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for essential workers, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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L&I: $2M Fine for COVID-19 Violations Among Largest in State History | 12/22/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries said it issued one of its largest workplace safety fines to a farm accused of willfully ignoring rules intended to protect workers from COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Try Again With COVID-19 Presumption Bill | 12/17/2020 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bipartisan group of South Carolina lawmakers is trying again with a COVID-19 workers' compensation presumption bill for frontline workers. &q...Read More | |||
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Leaseholder Fails to Prove Status as Alter Ego of Pharmacist's Employer | 12/15/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the leaseholder of a drugstore was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit for injuries that a pharmacist allegedly sustained in a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Long Island Doctor Barred From Treating Injured Workers After Sting Arrest | 12/08/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Long Island physician and county official has been temporarily barred from treating injured workers following his arrest on sex-for-opioid charges. ...Read More | |||
