Workers' Compensation News
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Maximum Weekly Wage Increasing 6.6%
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12/15/2021
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported that the maximum compensation rate will increase 6.6% to $1,205 from $1,130, starting Jan. 1.
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Mitch Steiger Elected 2022 Chair of CHSWC
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12/13/2021
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation elected Mitch Steiger, a lobbyist for the California Labor Federation, to serve as chairman in 2022.
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Maximum Weekly Benefit Increasing to $1,099
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12/02/2021
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the maximum weekly benefit will increase to $1,099 from $1,011 as a result of an increase in the state’s average weekly wage.
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Maximum Weekly Benefit Increasing 7.5%
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11/24/2021
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The maximum weekly benefit is increasing 7.5% for work-related injuries and illnesses occurring on or after Jan. 1, the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court announced.
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MSF Announces $40M Dividend
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11/16/2021
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Montana State Fund announced that it plans to complete distributing a $40 million dividend by the end of November.
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Malingering Verizon Worker to Pay Nearly $20,000 in Restitution
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11/11/2021
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Verizon worker caught on camera going to a gym and lifting weights while claiming she was too injured to work agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and pay $19,890 in restitution, the New York Inspector General’s Office announced.
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Medical Payments Stable in Tar Heel State, Below Median in WCRI Study
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11/03/2021
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim with more than seven days of lost time were fairly stable in North Carolina from 2014 to 2019, with the average payment lower than the median of 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
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Man Who Held Five Jobs While Getting Benefits Pleads Guilty to Theft
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11/01/2021
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A man who held five jobs while collecting benefits for an injury he said prevented him from working was ordered to pay more than $41,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to theft, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced.
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