Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Confirms Kiki Curls as First African-American LIRC Commissioner | 01/28/2020 | |
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| The Missouri Senate confirmed the appointment of former state Sen. Shalonn "Kiki" Curls as employee representative on the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Changes Appealability of Orders on Sovereign Immunity | 01/24/2020 | |
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| The Florida Supreme Court changed the state’s rules of appellate procedure to allow appeals of nonfinal orders determining whether a defendant is entitled to sovereign immunity, but denials of workers’ compensation immunity remain unappealable. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Frostman as Workforce Development Secretary | 01/24/2020 | |
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| The Wisconsin state Senate unanimously confirmed Caleb Frostman as secretary of the Department of Workforce Development, the agency that administers the state’s workers’ compensation and unemployment programs. ...Read More | |||
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Substantial Evidence Review Applies to Appeals Board Decisions | 01/23/2020 | |
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| A California appellate court ruled that decisions by the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board as to the propriety of citations against an employer are subject to a substantial evidence standard of review. ...Read More | |||
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Steven Bubes Joins Alliant's West Coast Benefits Team | 01/23/2020 | |
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| Alliant Insurance Services hired Steven Bubes as a vice president on its West Coast benefits team. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Expanded PTSD Bill for Some First Responders | 01/23/2020 | |
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| The Wisconsin Senate has approved Senate Bill 511, which would make it easier for some first responders to qualify for workers' compensation benefits when diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Benefits to Worker Who Shot Self in Head With Nail Gun | 01/22/2020 | |
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| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker, finding she had deliberately fired a nail gun into her own head. Cas...Read More | |||
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Study: Misclassification Costs More Than $50M Per Year in Unpaid Premiums | 01/22/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Misclassification cost the state of Washington’s workers’ compensation system $268 million in unpaid premiums from 2013 to 2017, an average annual loss of $53.6 million, according to a study by the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program. ...Read More | |||
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State Announces Grants to Help Cover Volunteer Firefighters | 01/22/2020 | |
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| The Missouri Department of Conservation and Division of Fire Safety are offering grants to help pay for workers’ compensation and liability coverage, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Opined in 28 Comp Cases in 2019, Report Shows | 01/21/2020 | |
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| From attorneys' fees to compensability to subrogation, the Tennessee Supreme Court's Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel weighed in on 28 cases in 2019, and the state's Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation has summarized most of them in a new report. ...Read More | |||
