Workers' Compensation News
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Occupational Disease Act's Exclusive Remedy Inapplicable to Retired Worker | 11/17/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that where a former employee’s occupational disease is not compensable, he is not subject to the exclusive remedies defined in the Occupational Disease Act and may proceed with civil proceedings filed in the courts of common pleas. ...Read More | |||
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OIR Cuts Comp Rates by 15.1% | 11/14/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworski approved a National Council on Compensation Insurance recommendation to reduce workers’ compensation rates by 15.1% on policies incepting in 2024. ...Read More | |||
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Out-of-State Resident Gets Benefits for Motorcycle Accident en Route to Dinner | 11/09/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from a motorcycle accident that happened while he was headed to a restaurant for dinner. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Grocery Store for Not Preventing Fatal Fall | 11/01/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Florida grocery store $95,315 for violations it says were discovered during an investigation of a preventable fatal fall. ...Read More | |||
| OccMD Acquires Corporate Remedies, Will Offer Outcome-Based Networks | 10/23/2023 | ||
| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| OccMD, LLC, of Dallas announced the acquisition of Corporate Remedies, Inc. OccMD, LLC, offers an array of workers’ compensation and injury benefit services that include medical case management, physician-led nurse case management, independent medical exams, peer reviews and m...Read More | |||
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OSHA Seeks Comments on Improving Whistleblower Protections | 10/04/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is holding an online meeting Oct. 24 to take comments and suggestions on its efforts to improve outreach and training initiatives that support the whistleblower laws it enforces. ...Read More | |||
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One Call Names Howard Cutler Chief Strategy & Network Officer | 10/04/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation care coordinator One Call on Tuesday announced that Howard Cutler was named chief strategy and network officer. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Launches Initiative for Silica Exposure in Engineered Stone | 09/28/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a new initiative aimed at improving worker protections from the risks of silica exposure with engineered stone. ...Read More | |||
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OIR Holding Hearing on Proposed 15.1% Rate Cut Oct. 5 | 09/28/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is holding a virtual public hearing Oct. 5 to take testimony on a proposal to reduce workers’ compensation rates by an average of 15.1%. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Pipe Manufacturer for Preventable Death | 09/21/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a pipe manufacturer $245,546 for violations uncovered during the investigation of a March 2023 workplace death. ...Read More | |||
