Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Take Aim at Misclassification | 01/24/2019 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: IN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Misclassification bills dominate the workers’ comp slate for the 2019 session of the Indiana General Assembly, but the session is unlikely to produce any earth-shattering changes to the system. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes Working Group to Study First Responder Stress Claims | 01/24/2019 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation introduced in Utah would call on a working group to prepare recommendations for ensuring first responders can access mental health treatment both in and outside of the state’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Proposing Rule to Allow Acupuncture for Low Back Pain | 01/24/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a rule that will allow the agency and self-insured employers to pay for acupuncture to treat injured workers’ low back pain. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes Solvency Law for Public Self-Insureds | 01/22/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Public self-insured employers in Montana could be forced to prepare written plans for improving their financial situations, under a bill scheduled for a hearing Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers to Try Again With Fixes to Comp, Second Injury Fund | 01/18/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Four years after the state Supreme Court ripped the foundations out of Oklahoma’s 2013 workers’ compensation reform law, lawmakers are gearing up to try again with some repairs. ...Read More | |||
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Lauren Tyler Elected to Alleghany Corp. Board of Directors | 01/18/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The board of directors of Alleghany Corp. has elected Lauren Tyler as a new director, increasing the size of the board from eight to nine members. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Wants to Increase Max. Penalty to $100K for Worker Deaths | 01/17/2019 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Republican Indiana state representative has introduced a bill that would increase maximum fines for a workplace safety violation that results in death, to $100,000 from $7,000. ...Read More | |||
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Layla Santa Rosa Named Deputy Commissioner | 01/16/2019 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| North Carolina Industrial Commission Chairman Charlton Allen has announced the appointment of Layla Santa Rosa as a deputy commissioner. Sant...Read More | |||
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L&I Rules Require Certification, Specify Hours for Out-of-State Admins | 01/15/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Claims administrators will have to operate under typical Washington business hours to continue administering workers’ compensation claims, starting in 2020. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Adopts Rules Clarifying Self-Insurer Obligations | 01/14/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries adopted rules to give self-insured employers some additional claims-handling authority. ...Read More | |||
