Workers' Compensation News
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OIR Approves 1.8% Rate Reduction Driven by Corporate Tax Cut | 05/02/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Savings generated by the tax cut signed into law by President Donald Trump last December will reduce Florida workers’ compensation rates by 1.8%, effective June 1. ...Read More | |||
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One Call, Acelity Partner on Wound-Care Monitoring Program | 05/02/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| One Call Care Management is partnering with wound-care company Acelity on a program to help ensure patients with hard-to-heal wounds comply with prescribed therapy. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Clarifies Reporting Requirements for Employers in State Plan Areas | 05/01/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced that certain employers covered by OSHA-approved state plans must electronically report injury and illness data for calendar year 2017, even if th...Read More | |||
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OSHA, Roofing Contractor Settle Retaliation Case | 04/30/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reached a settlement with a roofing contractor in a lawsuit over the contractor’s alleged retaliation against an employee who cooperated in an OSHA safety investigation. ...Read More | |||
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Old Republic Reports Decreased Comp Claim Costs in Q1 | 04/27/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Old Republic International Corp. on Thursday reported net income for the first quarter at $4 million, a 96% drop from a net income of $113 million in the same quarter of 2017. ...Read More | |||
| OWCP Rule Clarifies Min, Max Rates Under Longshore and Harbor Act | 04/24/2018 | ||
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| The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs has adopted new regulations that clarify how maximum and minimum compensation rates apply to claims payable under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Deeply Concerned About Contractor's Trench Safety | 04/20/2018 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Nebraska contractor is facing proposed penalties of $46,930 for allegedly failing to protect workers from trench hazards. Gretna-based Premier Unde...Read More | |||
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Old Fund Surcharge Eliminated Effective Jan. 1 | 04/20/2018 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A 9% surcharge that West Virginia employers have been paying since 2008 to pay off claims against the state’s old monopoly insurer will cease to exist on Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Opioid Progress Widely Reported in Comp Industry | 04/17/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Forty-nine percent of injured workers receiving a prescription drug were taking an opioid in 2017, a figure that was about 4 percentage points lower than in 2016, according to a new workers’ compensation drug trend report from Optum. ...Read More | |||
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Offset for Workers Collecting Social Security Applies to Multiple Injuries | 04/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an insurance carrier is entitled to take a statutory offset against a worker’s permanent total disability benefits if the worker is receiving Social Security disability benefits because of one, or more, industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
