Workers' Compensation News
Senate Unanimously Approves Maintaining Cancer Presumption | 02/12/2020 | ||
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Idaho Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure that would repeal a sunset provision included in an earlier bill that created the presumption that cancer arises out of employment for firefighters. ...Read More | |||
Senate Gives Small 'S' Corporations a Break on Comp | 02/12/2020 | ||
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Some small businesses with just one employee would be exempt from workers' compensation coverage requirements, under a measure passed by the New Jersey Senate on Monday. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Disability Retirement Benefits to State Employee | 02/10/2020 | ||
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The Supreme Court of Hawaii overturned a denial of service-related disability retirement benefits to a state employee for her injuries, finding her work conditions satisfied the definition of an occupational hazard. ...Read More | |||
State Sees 11% Drop in Loss Costs for 2020 | 02/10/2020 | ||
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State regulators have approved an 11.6% average loss cost decrease for the voluntary market, starting April 1, the governor's office announced. ...Read More | |||
Senate President's Bill Would Create Appeals Court but Would Eliminate ALJs | 02/07/2020 | ||
By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Outside of settlements, claimants' and insurance attorneys say they don't agree on much. But in West Virginia, both sides are raising questions about a bill that would revamp the workers' compensation court system. ...Read More | |||
State Gives Full Term to Commissioner Rapaport | 02/07/2020 | ||
State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
The Virginia General Assembly unanimously approved Robert Rapaport for a full six-year term as a workers’ compensation commissioner. The Hous...Read More | |||
Senate Wants Comp Board to Report Yearly on Misclassification | 02/07/2020 | ||
State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Indiana Senate this week stepped into the issue of worker misclassification by approving a bill that would require the state Workers' Compensation Board and three other agencies to annually report on the extent of the problem. ...Read More | |||
Senate Passes Dispatcher PTSD Bill | 02/06/2020 | ||
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The Colorado Senate unanimously approved a bill that would allow 911 dispatchers to receive workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
Safety National Announces Reorganization of Executive Management Team | 02/06/2020 | ||
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Safety National is making changes to its executive management structure that will take effect April 1. ...Read More | |||
Senate Passes Bill to Make Volunteer Firefighters and Staff Fully Covered by Comp | 02/05/2020 | ||
By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Pennsylvania bill that would clarify that thousands of volunteer firefighters and support personnel should be considered employees passed the state Senate on Monday and is expected to breeze through the House of Representatives in coming weeks. ...Read More | |||