Workers' Compensation News
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Report: DOE Awards New Contract for Hanford Comp Claims | 06/25/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Energy picked a new company to administer workers’ compensation claims from the Hanford nuclear storage facility in Washington state, according to a report by the Tri-Cit...Read More | |||
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Report: Clearwater Cop Arrested for Alleged Comp, Pension Fraud | 06/21/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A police officer in Clearwater, Florida, was arrested after investigators allegedly observed him engaging in activities that contradicted the limitations he cited when seeking workers’ compensation benefits and a disability pension, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Regulatory Preamble Can Support Award of Black Lung Benefits | 06/14/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an administrative law judge did not err in relying on a regulatory preamble to support an award of black lung benefits to a veteran coal miner. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Lawmaker Failed to Report Outside Employment While Collecting Comp | 06/13/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Insider on Wednesday reported that a state lawmaker received more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits despite having three outside sour...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau, Comp Commission Ready New Websites | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau and the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission on Wednesday announced plans to launch new websites. ...Read More | |||
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Research Group Releases Report on Access to Care | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group released a new report on access to care in the Lone Star State's workers' compensation system between 2017 and 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Report Cites High Rate of Injury, Assault on NYC Delivery Workers | 04/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Gig workers delivering food in New York City report high rates of injury and assaults, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of Urban Health. ...Read More | |||
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Retail Worker With History of Back Issues Fails to Prove Compensable Injury | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a Wal-Mart worker with a history of back problems had not established a compensable injury from stocking shelves. ...Read More | |||
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Repeatedly Jailed Worker Gets New AWW Calculation, Penalties | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s average weekly wages had been miscalculated and that he was entitled to penalties for his employer’s failure to reinstate his benefits after his periods of incarceration. ...Read More | |||
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Resolution Seeks Rule Change on APRN Reimbursement | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers are debating resolutions that would ask the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to amend the agency’s rules to clarify that reimbursement for advanced practice registered nurses shall be 100% of the fees authorized under the Medicare fee schedu...Read More | |||
