Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Railroad Repair Employee Can't Assert FELA Claim | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a railroad service repair company employee could not assert a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for his injuries from a fall from a bridge. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Bars Worker's Attempt to Challenge Description of Injury, Termination of Benefits | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that res judicata barred a worker from challenging the description of her injuries and the termination of her benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Reports: Woman Loses $12,600 in Work Comp Scam | 01/02/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An 83-year-old Minnesota woman lost $12,600 in an online scam in which she was told she had to pay money to learn whether she was eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, according to media reports. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Lawmaker Irked at Denial of Claims by Hospital Workers Who Witnessed Fatal Stabbing | 12/27/2023 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Hawaii lawmaker said he is concerned that three hospital workers who witnessed a patient kill a colleague had their workers’ compensation claims denied, and he is worried that it's part of a broader problem, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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Reconciliation Factor for 2024 SIF Assessment Raised to 7% | 12/19/2023 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Board of Indiana is increasing a component of the Second Injury Fund assessment that is intended to account for shortfalls in collections, according to a report released Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Rehab Provider Doesn't Qualify as Probationer's 'Employer' | 12/07/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a private, nonprofit organization providing a residential rehabilitation program to a probationer is statutorily excluded from being the probationer’s employer for workers’ compensation purposes. ...Read More | |||
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Registration Open for 2024 Educational Conference | 12/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Registration is open for the California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s 31st annual educational conference being held in Oakland and Los Angeles in March. ...Read More | |||
