Workers' Compensation News
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Looking Ahead: COVID Vaccines, Masks May Lead to Compensable Injuries | 06/25/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A COVID-19 vaccine may be months away, at best, but if and when one does become available the shot in the arm could also lead to some hard-to-defend workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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LWCC Foundation Provides $500,000 for Hospital Workers' PPE, Child Care | 06/25/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A foundation formed this year by Louisiana's largest workers' comp insurer is giving $500,000 to 24 hospitals for protective gear, child care and groceries for frontline workers during the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Lee Signs Bill to Extend Misclassification Penalties to Successor Companies | 06/23/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed into law a bill that would make misclassification and premium fraud penalties apply to perpetrators' successor companies. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Approves Tweaks to COVID-19 Presumption | 06/22/2020 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Utah lawmakers approved a bill tweaking some provisions of a COVID-19 presumption that was enacted in April. The House of Representatives and Senate b...Read More | |||
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Lara Appoints Two to CIGA Board | 06/19/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara appointed Amy Juknelis and Peter Guastamachio to the California Insurance Guarantee Association’s board of governors. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Move to Extend Deadlines for Workers' Compensation Appeals | 06/15/2020 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in North Dakota have approved a draft bill that would extend the period for appealing workers' compensation rulings by 15 days, according to NBC News affiliate KFYR...Read More | |||
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L&I Seeking Workers' Comp Medical Consultant | 06/15/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has issued a request for proposals for a medical consultant to help evaluate the delivery of workers' compensation benefits, the department announced. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Study First Responder Mental Health Issues | 06/09/2020 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| South Dakota lawmakers who earlier this year killed a bill that would have provided work comp coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder will undertake a study of mental health issues among first responders, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
| L&I: Masks Required for Most Workers Starting Monday | 06/08/2020 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries said most people will have to wear a mask or face covering at work under new workplace safety and health requirements that take effect today. ...Read More | |||
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Liberty Mutual Names North America Chief Claims Officer for Global Risk Solutions | 06/03/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Liberty Mutual Insurance appointed Steve Deane as the North America chief claims officer for Global Risk Solutions, the carrier’s global commercial and specialty lines reinsurer. ...Read More | |||
