Workers' Compensation News
| Robinson & Cole Elects New Partners | 01/04/2016 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An employment law attorney was among four promoted to partner at Robinson & Cole LLP. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau Files Proposed Increase, Concerns Over Higher Risk Pool Numbers | 12/28/2015 | |
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| By: John Breslin (Eastern Bureau Chief) | |||
| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Rate and Inspection Bureau is recommending a 6.4% increase in average premium rates, effective from July 1, 2016. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Contractor Cited for Failing to Provide Fall Protection | 12/28/2015 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A roofing company faces fines totaling close to $75,000 after safety inspectors observed workers on a roof without fall protection. WKL Roofing was is...Read More | |||
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Report: Trucking Co. Ordered to Pay Millions for Misclassifying Drivers | 12/24/2015 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California port trucking firm was ordered to pay about $7 million in back pay to 37 drivers the Labor Commissioner’s Office determined were improperly classified as independent contractors rather than employees, ...Read More | |||
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Retail Group of New York Announces WC Dividends | 12/24/2015 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Friedlander Group Inc., group manager for Retail Group of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group #544, paid a 35% dividend to members with policies effective during the 12 months ending March 1, 2015. ...Read More | |||
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Repeated Safety Citations put Roofing Contractor in "Severe Violator" Program | 12/24/2015 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Toledo, Ohio roofing contractor has been placed in a Severe Violator Enforcement Program after the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the company failed to protect workers from falls on multiple occasions. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Company Fined $91K for Fall Hazards | 12/21/2015 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A roofing contractor faces proposed fines of $91,000 after a federal safety inspector allegedly spotted three of the company’s employees working on a ro...Read More | |||
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Report: Surgeons Should Better Manage Knee-Replacement Expectations | 12/17/2015 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nearly one-fifth of patients who have had a total knee replacement are unhappy with the results, even though their doctors regard the surgery as a success...Read More | |||
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Report: Pinnacol Seeking Approval to Expand to Other States | 12/15/2015 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pinnacol Assurance next year will ask Colorado lawmakers for permission to sell workers' compensation coverage in other states, ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau Recommends 4.1% Increase in Coal Mining Loss Costs | 12/15/2015 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Coal Mine Compensation Rating Bureau is recommending a 4.1% increase in loss costs effective April 1, according to ...Read More | |||
