Workers' Compensation News
| OWCP Rule Clarifies Min, Max Rates Under Longshore and Harbor Act | 04/24/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 169 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 39 min read | |||
| 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 | 123 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 12 min read | |||
| 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 | 171 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| 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 | 426 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 119 min read | |||
| 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 | 212 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| 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 | |||
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Ohio Man Worked for 35 Years While Collecting Benefits, Feds Say | 04/16/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| An Ohio man has been charged with stealing more than $684,000 in benefits while continuing to work for 35 years, federal authorities announced....Read More | |||
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OSAG, CompSource Offering School Safety Grants | 04/13/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 17 min read | |||
| The Oklahoma School Assurance Group and CompSource Mutual Insurance Co. are pledging $250,000 to support safety programs at OSAG member school districts. ...Read More | |||
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Out-of-State Insurance Carrier Owed No Coverage for Worker's Claim | 04/04/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 190 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 48 min read | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that the state comp system had exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether an out-of-state carrier owed coverage for a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
| O'Banion Named WC Court General Counsel | 04/04/2018 | ||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 368 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| Assistant Nebraska Attorney General Lorra O'Banion is the new general counsel for the state's Workers' Compensation Court, the court announced Tuesday. O'Banion, wh...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Communications Contractor $13K After 3 Workers' Deaths | 03/30/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 207 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| A communications contractor has been cited for federal safety violations after three workers were killed while trying to install a new antenna on a communications tower in Miami Gardens, Florida. ...Read More | |||
