Workers' Compensation News
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Researchers Warn Construction Firms Avoid Misclassification Penalties by Changing Names | 05/12/2015 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Some construction companies that face penalties for misclassifying workers avoid paying by shutting down and opening new corpora...Read More | |||
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Rippinger and Kempner Make Partner at Graves, Bourassa Law Firm | 05/06/2015 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Attorneys Joseph W. Rippinger III and Carol A. Kempner have been named partners of the Southern California law firm that is now ...Read More | |||
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Railway Employer not Liable for Failure to Guard Against Worker's Death from Heart Attack | 05/05/2015 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided 1st District Court of Appeal panel ruled that a railway was entitled to a directed verdict in its favor on a claim that it had violated the Federal Employers Liability Act by failing to take preventative measures to guard against an employee suffering from cardiac arrest. ...Read More | |||
| Regulators Shut Down Construction Site for alleged Employee Misclassification | 05/05/2015 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Department of Labor issued stop-work orders to contractors at a worksite in North Haven that allegedly failed to provide proof of workers' compensation coverage. The department issued stop-work orders to three separate contractors at a worksite at 520 N. Washington Ave...Read More | |||
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Roofing Co. Fined $125K for Fall Dangers and exposed Power Lines | 05/04/2015 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
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Report Blames Lack of Safety Training for Firefighters' Death | 05/04/2015 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A lack of standards and employee resources were to blame for the deaths of two Toledo firefighters last year, according to a recent report that is now bein...Read More | |||
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Record Low for Mining Deaths this Year, so far | 05/01/2015 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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Ringling Brothers Circus Agrees to OSHA Violations and Penalties | 04/28/2015 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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| Revised MTUS Regulations Now in Effect | 04/22/2015 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Revised Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule regulations that explain and clarify the process for making evidence-based treatment decisions took effect Monday, the Division of Workers' Compensation announced. The revised rules state the MTUS is the primary source of guidance for tre...Read More | |||
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Rauner Releases WC Reform Proposals, including Standard of Causation Update | 04/15/2015 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gov. Bruce Rauner After months of vag...Read More | |||
