Workers' Compensation News
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L&I Proposes Tapping Reserves to Avoid 2021 Rate Increase | 09/16/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries on Tuesday proposed tapping into the workers’ compensation contingency reserve to avoid a rate increase in 2021. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Fines Meatpacker for Not Shielding Employees From COVID-19 | 09/11/2020 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A South Dakota meatpacking company has been fined the maximum allowed by federal law after it failed to protect workers from COVID-19, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. ...Read More | |||
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Law Officers Holding 'Action Week,' Walk to Spur COVID Presumption Order | 09/03/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas is holding an "action week," designed to prompt lawmakers or the governor to adopt a COVID-19 presumption for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes One COVID Presumption Bill Before Ending Session | 09/02/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Legislature passed a bill that would create a rebuttable COVID-19 presumption for first responders, health care workers and other essential employees through 2022 before the regular session ended Monday at midnight. ...Read More | |||
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Line of Duty Compensation Fund Not Liable for Police Chief's Fatal Heart Attack | 08/26/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that the Line of Duty Compensation Fund is not liable for the payment of benefits to the estate of a police chief who died of a heart attack while working at his second job. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Has One Week to Decide Fate of Competing COVID Presumption Bills | 08/24/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the California Legislature enters the final week of the 2020 session, it remains unclear what lawmakers plan to do with competing proposals to presume COVID-19 is an occupational condition. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Extends Recertification Deadline | 08/20/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington's Department of Labor and Industries announced that it is extending to July 1, 2021, the requirement for claims adjuster certifications that are set to expire between March 20 and June 30, 2021. ...Read More | |||
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LHWCA Can Apply to Contractor's Worker Due to Hiring Party's Operations | 08/13/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a jury was properly asked to decide whether an offshore platform worker’s death occurred as a result of the gas extraction on the Outer Continental Shelf by the company that had hired his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Moves Ahead on PTSD Bill, Enhanced Leave Time for Assaulted Teachers | 08/11/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While many states' lawmakers have been focused on pandemic relief legislation, Nebraska's unicameral Legislature has moved ahead with workers' compensation bills that have nothing to do with COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Cites Fitness Centers for Violating Safe Start Order | 08/07/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Operators of eight fitness centers in eastern Washington face fines totaling more than $77,000 for being open in violation of the state’s Safe Start order, the state Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
