Workers' Compensation News
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Lack of Fall Protection Prompts $604K in Fines for Framing Contractor | 04/22/2019 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A framing contractor is facing $603,850 in proposed federal penalties for allegedly exposing workers to the risk of falls at residential construction sites in Royersford, Collegeville and Center Valley, Pennsylvania. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Sends Governor Revised Hanford Presumption Bill | 04/22/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Washington lawmakers sent Gov. Jay Inslee a bill that would clarify that a contentious presumption created last year also applies to people who didn’t undergo a medical exam before they started working at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. ...Read More | |||
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LWCC Board Declares $51M Dividend | 04/11/2019 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The board of directors for Louisiana-based workers' compensation carrier LWCC approved a $51 million dividend for 2018 policyholders. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Debate Mandatory Coverage for Construction Industry | 04/10/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| For thousands of construction workers in Texas, this is how an injured employee is taken care of: Coworkers pass a hat and collect a little cash for the colleague and his family. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Proposing 2.7% Increase to Fee Schedule Base Rate | 04/10/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Montana regulators are proposing to increase the base rate in the Workers' Compensation Facility Fee Schedule, by 2.7%. The Depa...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Ask for Report on Troubled Uninsured Employers' Fund | 04/10/2019 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Despite warnings that the state's Uninsured Employers' Fund is facing insolvency in the next two years, Maryland lawmakers decided not to raise funding levels. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to Make Special Fund Successor to Excess Coverage | 04/05/2019 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation that would tap into the excess coverage of self-insured employers that fail to pay workers' compensation benefits will soon be heading to the desk of Arizona's governor. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Approve Bill Creating Fine for Unauthorized Disclosure of Claim Info | 04/05/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers in Washington state could soon face a $1,000 fine for revealing information about injured workers' claim files to any unauthorized persons. ...Read More | |||
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Logger's Asbestos-Related Illness Qualified as Occupational Disease | 04/04/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Court of Montana ruled that a logger filed a timely claim alleging his condition resulted from years of work in an area near a contaminated vermiculite mine and was entitled to benefits for his asbestos-related disease. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Question Need Prior to Passing Bill to Expand Presumptions | 03/28/2019 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Senate committee on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that would give probation workers and anyone else working as a peace officer a presumption that certain conditions are compensable, despite members questioning the need for the measure. ...Read More | |||
