Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmaker Issues Statement Regarding Misclassification Bill | 12/19/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker who introduced legislation to codify the test created by the state Supreme Court this year to determine who is a contractor said in a statement the bill is necessary to protect workers. ...Read More | |||
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Leased Employee Can Proceed With Tort Claims Against PEO's Client | 12/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy defense afforded by the state Workers’ Compensation Act did not bar a leased worker’s tort claims against a professional employer organization’s client. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Reject Cooper's Appointment to Industrial Commission | 12/17/2018 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A week after a court ruled that lawmakers had usurped the governor's authority in stacking the state's workers' compensation board, the Republican legislature appears to be flexing its muscle again. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Advocates Say USDA Relying on Flawed Data to Speed Hog Slaughter Lines | 12/13/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A labor advocacy group says the U.S. Department of Agriculture relied on flawed data that downplayed the risk to workers in order to justify a proposal to remove all limits on line speeds at hog slaughtering plants, according to ...Read More | |||
| L&I Announces 5% Rate Cut | 12/05/2018 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries announced that the price of workers’ compensation coverage will drop an average of 5% next year. The ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Overrides Veto; Medical Providers May Charge Interest for Late Bills | 11/28/2018 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that will allow Illinois medical providers to charge 1% interest for late payments for services provided to injured workers is now the law in Illinois, after the state House of Representatives voted 110-2 to override an amendatory veto by Gov. Bruce Rauner. ...Read More | |||
| Longtime WC Judge Dies | 11/28/2018 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One of the longest-serving workers' compensation judges in Louisiana died this week. Robert Varnado, an administrative law judge since 1990, served in the Franklinton, Covington and New Orleans districts, according to a ...Read More | |||
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La. and Calif. on Opposite Ends of Prescription Cost Spectrum | 11/21/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Louisiana, a state with a high rate of opioid prescribing, had the highest prescription cost per workers’ comp claim for 2015 injuries among 18 states featured in a series of studies by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Liberty Mutual Beefs Up Technology Team With 4 Appointments | 11/15/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Liberty Mutual on Wednesday announced the appointment of four executives who will join Chief Information Officer James McGlennon’s technology leadership team. ...Read More | |||
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Low Prices, Less Utilization Lead to Lowest Medical Costs Per Claim | 11/14/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lower prices for services and fewer patient visits combined to gave Massachusetts the lowest medical payments per lost-time claim of 18 states studied, according to a summary of major findings from the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s CompScope Medical Benchmarks report highli...Read More | |||
