Workers' Compensation News
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L&I Holds Rates Flat for 2021, Creates Class for Amazon Warehouses | 12/01/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced that rates will be flat in 2021 and that it approved a proposal to put Amazon fulfillment centers in their own classification starting Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Longshore Special Fund Meeting Obligations, OIG Report Finds | 11/24/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While some state-based second injury and other special compensation funds have struggled with red ink in recent years, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' special fund is doing just fine, an audit has found. ...Read More | |||
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Last-Minute Trump Rule Could Affect Comp Drug Prices | 11/19/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A move by President Trump to limit what Medicare pays for drugs could translate to lower medication costs for workers' compensation carriers and self-insurers — if it survives expected litigation and a new presidential administration, experts said. ...Read More | |||
| Labor Law's Exemption for Single-Family Homeowners Defeated Worker's Claim | 11/16/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a homeowner was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
| L&I: Health Violations Found at 130 Farms; 20 Cited for COVID Noncompliance | 11/16/2020 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries said in a statement it discovered health and safety violations at 130 farms this year and expects that number to rise over the next few weeks. ...Read More | |||
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Logue Named Administrator at BWC, Replacing McCloud | 11/13/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed another Sedgwick Claims Management veteran to lead the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Lack of Uniform State Handling Makes It Hard to Pin Down National COVID Trends | 11/06/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation research experts finally have a reliable chunk of data on national COVID-19 trends, but they say more is needed to fully understand what's happening with the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Latest MLFS Proposal Shows Some Progress, but Stakeholders Say Questions Remain | 11/04/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After nearly a year of impassioned deliberations, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest Medical-Legal Fee Schedule proposal could be the best all sides can expect for now, some stakeholders said. ...Read More | |||
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Loss Costs, Rates to Decrease in 2021 | 11/04/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Division of Insurance announced that workers’ compensation voluntary loss costs will decrease by an average of 14.9% next year and assigned risk rates will decrease by an average of 9.6%. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Readies for Nov. 2 Launch of New Claims System | 10/27/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is holding a final round of question-and-answer sessions Wednesday and Friday as it prepares for the Nov. 2 launch of its new electronic filing and management system, Campus. ...Read More | |||
