Workers' Compensation News
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New Rules Being Implemented on Electronic Data Interchange | 09/05/2017 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission has adopted new rules, effective Sept. 11, for Title 810:1-1-8, electronic data interchange. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Hurt Playing Basketball at Office | 08/31/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s injury from jumping to touch a basketball backboard in the courtyard of his workplace was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Discusses Employer Concerns About Workers' Marijuana Use | 08/30/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Montana’s workers’ compensation law says that an employee is not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits if the use of medical marijuana is the major contributing cause of the injury or the occupational disease. ...Read More | |||
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NIOSH: Deadliest U.S. Fisheries Are on the East Coast | 08/30/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While commercial fishing deaths have declined across the nation in recent years, preventable incidents continue to be a problem for the industry, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ...Read More | |||
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No Decision in SB 1160 Challenge; Next Hearing Thursday | 08/29/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal judge presiding over the constitutional challenge to the lien stay provision in Senate Bill 1160 did not make any decision on a request for a temporary injunction at a hearing last week and ordered parties to return for further proceedings on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Follows Huge Rate Increase With 9.3% Recommended Decrease | 08/29/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance on Monday recommended a 9.3% overall rate decrease for Florida employers because of favorable experience in policy years 2014 and 2015. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Recommends 12th Straight Decrease in Voluntary Loss Cost Filing | 08/29/2017 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance has recommended a 4.6% decrease in workers’ compensation costs, effective Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Recommending 10.3% Decrease in Voluntary Rates | 08/28/2017 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 10.3% decrease in workers’ compensation rates for West Virginia, which would mark the 13th-straight year that rates have declined. ...Read More | |||
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No Penalty Owed for Claim Closure Despite Spinal Surgery | 08/25/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A claimant is not entitled to penalties and attorney fees against SAIF Corp. for closing his claim after he underwent spinal surgery because the carrier had “legitimate doubt” that additional benefits were owed, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Recommending 8.7% Rate Reduction | 08/24/2017 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing an 8.7% reduction in both voluntary and assigned risk rates in Iowa, effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
