Workers' Compensation News
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State OSHA Penalties Increase 1.8% for Workplace Safety Violations | 01/21/2020 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The cost of workplace safety violations in Nevada increased last week as a result of a 2019 bill requiring the Division of Industrial Relations to set penalties in alignment with those imposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Some 6,000 New PTs, Acupuncturists, Nurse Practitioners Added to Rolls This Year | 01/21/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| More than 6,000 medical providers have been added to the list of those authorized to treat injured workers, thanks to the 2019 New York state budget bill that took effect Jan. 1, Workers' Compensation Board Chairwoman Clarissa Rodriguez said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects State's Appeal in Excessive Fine Case | 01/16/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Colorado’s appeal of a decision finding the penalty assessed against a business that operated without workers’ compensation insurance for more than four years was unconstitutionally excessive because the employer couldn’t afford to pay it....Read More | |||
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Samuel Hale Launches PEO Using ADR Carve-Out | 01/14/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Samuel Hale announced the launch of a professional employer organization program in California using an alternative dispute resolution process it says “can ...Read More | |||
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Supersedeas Fund Now Three Years Behind in Reimbursing Some Carriers | 01/13/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two years after the Pennsylvania Supersedeas Fund notified insurers that it was running as much as 16 months behind in sending reimbursement checks, the delays and the fund's financial picture appear to have worsened. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Reverses Denial of Disability Benefits for Injured Pipe Fitter | 01/13/2020 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided North Carolina Supreme Court overturned a decision by the Industrial Commission denying an injured worker’s request for disability compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Senators Amend Bill to Scale Back Proposed Hospital Worker Presumption | 01/10/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation that would create a presumption that certain conditions are compensable for hospital workers was amended to remove provisions to include coverage for cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and respiratory diseases. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Rule on What Constitutes Abandonment of Employment for Traveling Employee | 01/10/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the question of what constitutes an abandonment of employment for a traveling employee. ...Read More | |||
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State Supreme Court to Decide if Carve-Out for One State Is Constitutional | 01/07/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When Minnesota lawmakers in 2005 carved out a special workers' compensation exemption just for North Dakota employers, it was pitched as a way to help mom-and-pop pizza shops that delivered pies across state lines. ...Read More | |||
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State Lowers Mileage, Posts New Hospital Fee Schedules | 01/03/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court has released 2020 fee schedules for hospital services, and it dropped the mileage reimbursement rate for workers' medical visits. ...Read More | |||
