Workers' Compensation News
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Registration Opens for Workers' Comp Conference | 08/18/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Registration is open for the 23rd Tennessee Workers' Compensation Education Conference, set for Oct. 26-30. The event, which was rescheduled...Read More | |||
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Regulation Does Not Cut Off Carrier's Right to Reimbursement | 08/18/2020 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that an insurance company’s reimbursement claims against a public employer were not subject to the two-year limitations period set forth in an administrative regulation. ...Read More | |||
| Registration Opens for WCC Webinar | 08/17/2020 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission is accepting registrations for its 2020 webinar series, scheduled for Oct. 1-2. Online sessions run from 1-5 p.m. both days, and continuing education credits are available. Topics have yet to be announced. General admission is $175...Read More | |||
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Report Says Agency Failed to Act on 10,000 Retaliation Complaints | 08/11/2020 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A claimants' attorney and a Raleigh newspaper report charge that the North Carolina labor commissioner has ignored more than 10,000 complaints of employer retaliation over the past 10 years. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau's C&R Committee Meets Friday | 08/04/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Classification and Rating Committee will meet via teleconference at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Restitution Order in Premium Fraud Scheme Clears $1 Million | 07/30/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a Northern California paving company was ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution to two carriers after pleading no contest to six felonies for premium fraud and payroll tax fraud, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Third of Comp Claims for COVID Approved | 07/28/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Colorado employers and workers’ compensation carriers have admitted liability for about a third of claims for COVID-19, according to a report by the Denver Post. ...Read More | |||
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Remand Order Shouldn't Dismiss Claim for Which Award Isn't Fully Reversed | 07/28/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Appeals issued too broad of a remand order in directing that a worker’s entire claim petition be dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Contractor Fined for Exposing Employees to Falls | 07/23/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety officials cited a Florida roofing contractor for exposing workers to fall hazards at two work sites. Camaney Services of Cen...Read More | |||
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Riots Pushing Hundreds of Police to File PTSD Claims, Lawyers Say | 07/14/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After weeks of protest and several nights of rioting that reportedly left some Minneapolis police officers fearing for their lives, hundreds of cops are now planning to file workers' compensation mental stress claims, their lawyers said. ...Read More | |||
