Workers' Compensation News
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LHWCA Didn't Apply to Railroad Worker's Accident on Bridge | 06/11/2019 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a railway worker’s claim for injuries was not subject to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Offering Confidential Safety Consultation | 06/06/2019 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Missouri Department of Labor is offering confidential safety and health consultations it says are aimed at helping employers throughout the state build safer workplaces. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Gives Final Nod to PTSD Bill for Responders | 06/04/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards agrees, Louisiana will be the second state this year to enact a law creating a rebuttable presumption that mental stress is work-related for most first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Lang Remembered as Pillar of State Comp System | 06/04/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Stakeholders around Texas are mourning the loss of longtime workers' compensation hearing officer and deputy commissioner Robert Lang, a man many have credited with shepherding legislative changes that resulted in the state's modern comp system. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Sends PTSD Bill to Governor; Not All EMTs Included | 06/04/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Despite a last-minute amendment that threatened to unravel a long-sought compromise on post-traumatic stress disorder for most first responders, Connecticut lawmakers approved the measure and sent it to the governor. ...Read More | |||
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Logger Failed to Establish Statutory Employment Relationship | 05/31/2019 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that a worker injured in a logging accident had established a statutory employment relationship with the company that had hired his direct employer. ...Read More | |||
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Long-Awaited PTSD Compromise Bill Runs Into Trouble | 05/31/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A plan to make post-traumatic stress disorder compensable for many Connecticut fire, police and emergency medical workers appeared to be headed for approval but ran into trouble Wednesday after Republicans moved to include more first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Work Over Weekend to Approve Cancer Presumption Fix | 05/29/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Facing a Memorial Day holiday, which also was the last day of the 2019 legislative session, lawmakers worked through the weekend to finalize some measures, including a long-awaited cancer presumption fix. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Tinkered Around Edges of Comp With Six Bills This Year | 05/28/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas lawmakers continued the debate over a much-revised cancer presumption bill right up until the final hours of the 2019 session, but they did approve six other workers' compensation measures this year, including two already signed by the governor. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Approves Tougher Stop-Work, Penalties Bill | 05/20/2019 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would make it easier to issue stop-work orders and would make it more costly for employers that avoid workers' compensation responsibilities has passed the Illinois legislature and is on its way to the governor. ...Read More | |||
