Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Misclassification Task Force Wants More Time | 03/19/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A task force studying misclassification issues wants more time to finalize its recommendations, according to a report by the Louisiana Illuminator. ...Read More | |||
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Refinery Worker Can't Sue Contractor Hired by Employer | 03/04/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a refinery worker could not pursue a negligence action against a contractor that his employer had hired. ...Read More | |||
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Ruling Shows Pot Comp Question Still State-Specific; Payers Wary of Federal Statutes | 03/04/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A recent New Hampshire Supreme Court decision finding federal law doesn’t preclude comp carriers from reimbursing injured workers for medical marijuana suggests the issue is still being left to states to decide, but some payer advocates say insurers will remain hesitant as long as the drug ...Read More | |||
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Requirement to Provide Email Address for Claim Documents Takes Effect | 03/03/2021 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission, in a notice posted to its website, said that effective March 1, all carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers are required to provide an email address that is used to r...Read More | |||
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Report: Pinnacol Privatization On Table for 2021 | 02/26/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Springs Gazette reports lawmakers are planning to make a run at privatizing state-chartered Pinnacol Assurance duri...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata, Independent Contractor Evidence Bills Headed to Governor | 02/26/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two bills affecting workers' compensation claims are on their way to the governor after approval by the Virginia legislature on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Some Nursing Homes With COVID-19 Deaths Didn't Report to Cal/OSHA | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A records review by the Sacramento Bee has revealed that about half of nursing facilities where workers died from COVID-19 reported the deaths to the California Div...Read More | |||
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Report: Committee Passes COVID Presumption | 02/22/2021 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A policy committee in the New Mexico state House of Representatives passed a bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for injured workers, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Report: Gov. Fires Head of State Accident Fund, Requests Investigation | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster fired the head of the State Accident Fund Tuesday and demanded an investigation into whether she violated any laws by allegedly steering a $600,000 contract to her husband’s company, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Review: 2006 Policy Shifted Comp Costs to Taxpayers, Created Windfall for Carriers | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A policy that the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted in 2006 encouraging injured workers to accept continued medical monitoring and coverage in lieu of cash settlements harmed the state’s pension funds and taxpayers by relieving insurers of their financial obligation...Read More | |||
