Workers' Compensation News
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Labor Department Applauds State's Improvement in Lowering Comp Costs | 11/29/2022 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development applauded a reduction of more than 50% in comp costs over the last decade that brought the state closer to the national average in Oregon’s biennial rate ranking study. ...Read More | |||
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Lucretia Johnson Named Deputy Commissioner of DWC | 11/16/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet announced that Lucretia Reasons Johnson was named deputy commissioner of the Department of Workers’ Claims. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose Increasing Fee for Evaluating Physicians | 11/14/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A pair of bills introduced in the New Jersey Legislature would increase the maximum fee owed to evaluating physicians for producing an opinion regarding the need for medical treatment or an estimation of permanent disability. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Claim Over Unsafe Workplace During COVID Pandemic Can Proceed Against Amazon | 11/04/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a group of Amazon.com workers and their families can proceed with a Labor Law claim that the company failed to provide a safe workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Lynne Davidson Reappointed to WCIRB Governing Committee | 10/18/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced the reappointment of Lynne Davidson to represent insured employers as a public member of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee. ...Read More | |||
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Lidocaine Designated 'Exempt' in Formulary Update | 09/30/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced changes to the prescription drug formulary that will designate lidocaine as “exempt,” effective Nov. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Commissioner Cites Home Health Firms $1.8M for Misclassifying Workers | 09/29/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Labor Commissioner’s Office fined home health care placement agencies $1.8 million for allegedly misclassifying 66 workers as independent contractors to save on wages, taxes and work comp insurance. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Cites Roofing Companies for Lack of Fall Protection | 09/26/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries cited two roofing companies on its “severe violators” list for more than $1 million combined for not providing fall protection to employees working on top of homes. ...Read More | |||
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Livestock Transportation Broker Must Pay Benefits to Driver Attacked by Cow | 09/22/2022 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a self-described livestock transportation broker was the statutory employer of a driver injured while attempting to load a cow on a truck for delivery. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Proposes 4.8% Rate Hike | 09/21/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries is proposing a 4.8% increase in the average price of workers’ compensation insurance for next year. ...Read More | |||
