Workers' Compensation News
| Labor Commission Used Wrong Standard to Reject Worker's Challenge to Medical Panel Opinion | 12/23/2022 | ||
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| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that the Labor Commission erred in applying an "actual bias" standard to reject a worker’s challenge to the impartiality of a member of the medical panel for his case. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Consider PTSD Comp Bills | 12/07/2022 | |
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| Lawmakers in South Carolina have filed three bills in the last week that would make post-traumatic stress disorder a compensable illness for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Again Introduce PTSD Legislation | 12/05/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Following four years of efforts to provide first responders with coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder, Missouri lawmakers are set to consider another bill that would classify the condition as an occupational illness. ...Read More | |||
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Longtime Bus Driver Gets Benefits for Repetitive Trauma Injuries | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a bus driver was entitled to benefits for repetitive trauma injuries over a 31-year career. Case: ...Read More | |||
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L&I Announces 4.8% Increase in Premiums | 12/01/2022 | |
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| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries on Wednesday announced a 4.8% increase in the average workers’ compensation premium rate for 2023. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
