Workers' Compensation News
|
L&I Drafting Wildfire Smoke Workplace Safety Rules | 10/22/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it is developing new workplace safety and health rules covering wildfire smoke. ...Read More | |||
|
L&I: Modeling Work Leads to Fraud Charges for Former Police Chief | 10/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former police chief is facing fraud charges for allegedly working as a photographer and model while claiming she was unable to work because of an occupational injury, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries ...Read More | |||
|
Law Firm Offers Flowchart for COVID Claims | 10/14/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Gilson Daub has released a flowchart intended to help people navigate California laws creating presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable occupational condition. ...Read More | |||
|
Lara Claims Immunity From State Fund Suit Alleging Violation of Settlement Agreement | 10/09/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's insurance commissioner has filed a motion in federal court arguing that the state’s largest workers’ compensation carrier can't sue him for allegedly violating terms of a settlement agreement because he and his department are immune from prosecution, according to ...Read More | |||
|
L&I: Businesses Face Fines for COVID Violations, but Most Are in Compliance | 10/09/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A handful of businesses are facing fines for violations related to lack of mask use by customers and staff, while thousands of others that were the subject of complaints are following the governor’s order after numerous contacts and education about requirements from the Washington State Dep...Read More | |||
|
Local NAACP Head Arrested on Comp Fraud Charges | 10/05/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former teacher's aide who is the head of a local branch of the NAACP has been charged with workers' compensation fraud after authorities say he misrepresented a previous back condition. ...Read More | |||
| Labor, Democrats Say DOL Rule Will Mean More Worker Misclassification | 09/24/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Worker advocates say a proposed federal rule that would create an economic reality test to decide who is a contractor is a finger in the eye to recent reform efforts and would make it easier for employers to misclassify workers and avoid workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Want to Study Presumption, Stalling Bills for This Session | 09/23/2020 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Massachusetts will likely not become the latest state to adopt a workers' compensation COVID-19 presumption for frontline workers this year, after a legislative committee decided to study the issue. ...Read More | |||
|
LASIE Seminar to Cover Basic Principles of Common Injuries | 09/18/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers is hosting a medical seminar Monday covering the basic principles of medical injuries commonly seen in workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
|
L.A. County DA Charges Sheriff's Deputy With Workers' Comp Fraud | 09/16/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Editor's note: A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury acquitted Kevin Adams Sept. 13, 2023. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud, prosecutors announced Monday. ...Read More | |||
