Workers' Compensation News
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Senator Calls System 'Corrupt' for Endorsing Law as Written, Not as Intended | 01/29/2020 | |
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| By: Tonika Reed (Reporter) | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona Senate committee this week unanimously passed a bill that would add two types of cancers to the list of conditions presumed to arise out of employment for firefighters and peace officers, and preclude employers from rebutting the presumption. ...Read More | |||
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Scorecard Shows Complaints, Timeliness of Benefits for Carriers | 01/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas workers' compensation insurance carriers are doing something right, according to a scorecard that regulators released Monday. The score...Read More | |||
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Statutory Amendments Apply Retroactively to Worker's Pneumoconiosis Claim | 01/29/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the 2018 amendments to Kentucky Revised Statute Section 342.730(4) applied retroactively to a longtime coal industry employee. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes 'Employment Presumption' Misclassification Bill With Stiff Penalties | 01/28/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a sign that more states are getting serious about misclassification, the Virginia Senate on Monday approved a bill that would stiffen penalties when companies inappropriately consider workers to be independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Rejection of Proposed Lump-Sum Settlement | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an order disapproving an application for a lump-sum settlement of a workers’ compensation claim is not final and appealable. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Kiki Curls as First African-American LIRC Commissioner | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services hired Steven Bubes as a vice president on its West Coast benefits team. ...Read More | |||
