Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Report: Lawmakers Asked Not to Mess With Negotiated Reforms | 02/05/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Attorneys for labor and management asked that state lawmakers refrain from tweaking a negotiated work comp reform bill, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureaus Partner to Host Symposium | 02/02/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau and Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau are teaming up to host the inaugural Workers’ Compensation Symposium: Evolving with Data and Artificial Intelligence, on April 18 in Philadelphia. ...Read More | |||
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Republic Indemnity Names Gene J. Simpson President | 01/10/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Great American Insurance Group on Tuesday named Gene J. Simpson president of its California-based workers’ compensation subsidiary, Republic Indemnity, effective immediately. ...Read More | |||
