Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Approves Conclusive Cancer Presumption for Firefighters | 02/14/2020 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Senate passed a bill that would create a conclusive presumption that cancer is an occupational disease for firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Stakeholders Introduce Work Comp Modernization Bill | 02/12/2020 | |
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| By: Tonika Reed (Reporter) | |||
| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado lawmakers today will hear testimony on House Bill 1154, a measure stakeholders negotiated over two years that seeks to clarify current statutes and update procedures. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves PTSD Bill, but Wording Raises Questions | 02/12/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three worker-friendly comp bills moved a big step closer to becoming laws this week when they were endorsed by separate chambers in the Virginia legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Unanimously Approves Maintaining Cancer Presumption | 02/12/2020 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Senate Gives Small 'S' Corporations a Break on Comp | 02/12/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Disability Retirement Benefits to State Employee | 02/10/2020 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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State Sees 11% Drop in Loss Costs for 2020 | 02/10/2020 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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Senate President's Bill Would Create Appeals Court but Would Eliminate ALJs | 02/07/2020 | |
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| 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 | |||
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State Gives Full Term to Commissioner Rapaport | 02/07/2020 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Senate Wants Comp Board to Report Yearly on Misclassification | 02/07/2020 | |
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| 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 | |||
