Workers' Compensation News
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OIG: Scammers May Have Targeted City Comp Account | 06/23/2022 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Unknown scammers might have pilfered more than $317,000 from a bank account used to pay work comp claims for Baltimore city workers, according to a report by the city’s inspector general. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Chain Store for Padlocked, Blocked Emergency Exit Doors | 06/09/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two Dollar General stores in Ohio and Wisconsin for endangering the safety of their employees after inspectors found that emergency exits were not accessible. ...Read More | |||
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Owner of Janitorial Company to Pay $2.4M in Restitution for Fraud | 05/17/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a janitorial company in Southern California was ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution for committing workers’ compensation and tax fraud. ...Read More | |||
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One Call Announces Changes to Leadership Team | 05/12/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| One Call, a provider of ancillary services for the workers’ compensation industry, announced that Jay Krueger was appointed chief executive officer, and former CEO Thomas Warsop transitioned to the company’s executive chairman. ...Read More | |||
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Owner of Landscaping Company Charged With Fraud | 05/11/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced that the owner of a landscaping company was indicted for failing to carry workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Opponents Say Gender Pay Bill Likely to Cause Litigation | 04/29/2022 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employer representatives told California lawmakers that it’s not appropriate to codify gender-based benefit increases into the state’s workers’ compensation law to address gender-based earning disparities. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Program Focuses on Indoor, Outdoor Heat Hazards | 04/14/2022 | ||
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| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a National Emphasis Program aiming to conduct more heat-related workplace inspections to protect workers from injuries or fatalities, which the agency says have doubled since the 1990s. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Affirms Court Order to Vacate Citations for Amputation Injury | 04/07/2022 | ||
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| The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission affirmed a court order to vacate citations against a Vineland, New Jersey, manufacturer for an amputation injury after an administrative law judge found that the Secretary of Labor failed to establish whether the company’s communication o...Read More | |||
| OSHA Issues $139K in Penalties After Flash Fire Injures Workers | 03/28/2022 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday cited four employers with 11 serious violations for lack of safe work practices after a fire harmed six workers at a Louisiana chemical plant. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Fines Dollar Tree $32K for Repeat Violations | 03/25/2022 | ||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Dollar Tree Stores Inc. $32,000 for repeated violations of workplace safety requirements. ...Read More | |||
