Workers' Compensation News
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Lockout Procedures Could Have Prevented Teen's Death, OSHA Says | 12/30/2016 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A 17-year-old worker’s death following an accident at a Columbus metal fabrication firm has resulted in multiple violations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Labor-Standards Programs Aim to Get Construction Companies Comp Coverage | 12/27/2016 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two labor-standards programs are aiming to ensure that construction workers in two Texas cities are treated fairly, paid fairly and provided workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Employee-Turned-Employers' Attorney Supports Privatization of Comp Insurance Market | 12/27/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A former Department of Labor & Industries employee who now defends employers says that Washington should open its workers' compensation market to private insurers. ...Read More | |||
| L&I May Decrease Discount Rate | 12/23/2016 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Media | |||
| Washington's Department of Labor and Industries will hold a public hearing on Jan. 24 to consider decreasing the pension discount rate. The current pension discount rate is 6.3%. L&I has worked with the Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee to develop a plan to reduce that ...Read More | |||
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Late Indemnity Payments Climb 37.7%; Late Reports of First Injury Rise 55.4% | 12/23/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of late indemnity payments jumped 37.7% in 2015-16, to 2,771, resulting in $99,400 in penalties, the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation said in its ...Read More | |||
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Landscaper Gets Clipped for Operating Without Coverage | 12/20/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Cincinnati man has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud for running a landscaping business for at least five years without coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Legislative Picture for Western States Coming Into Focus | 12/16/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Western states will be deliberating on a variety of workers’ compensation measures next year, including proposals to prohibit workers who withhold information about pre-existing conditions from receiving medical or indemnity benefits, classify nurses coordinating care as agents...Read More | |||
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Laundry Workers Struck by Cars While Crossing Street, OSHA Finds | 12/16/2016 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal work safety inspection prompted by complaints that a North Jersey commercial laundry facility's workers were exposed to heat stress and the risk of being hit by cars yielded $91,911 in penalties for the business. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Orders Delivery App Postmates to Provide Workers' Comp Coverage | 12/15/2016 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The delivery startup Postmates has challenged an order from Washington's Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) to provide workers' compensation coverage for its 3,000-plus couriers. ...Read More | |||
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Lockton: Prescription Drugs, Opioids Are Cost Concerns | 12/15/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation premiums have been falling as losses drop, but concerns remain about prescription drugs as a key cost driver, according to a new Property and Casualty Market Update from Lockton Cos. ...Read More | |||
