Workers' Compensation News
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SAIF Board, Audit Committee Meeting Wednesday | 09/01/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors and the Audit Committee for SAIF Corp. are meeting Wednesday in Salem. ...Read More | |||
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Samuel Hale Names Director of Strategic Partnerships | 08/28/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Samuel Hale LLC named Pollie Pent as its new director of strategic partnerships for the company's Staffing Agency Workers' Compensation Division. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Employed Worker Can't Challenge Denial of Claim on Behalf of His Company | 08/28/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a self-employed worker could not appeal a denial of benefits for his shoulder injury on behalf of himself and his company. ...Read More | |||
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Study: After Declines, 'Mega Claims' Over $3 Million Back on the Rise | 08/26/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
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| Workers' compensation claims with incurred losses of at least $3 million have been on the rise in recent years, according to a study by 10 rating agenc...Read More | |||
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Staffing Service Provider Can't Be Cited for Violation of WISHA at Client's Job Site | 08/26/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Labor and Industries could not issue a safety citation to a staffing service provider whose employee had been reassigned by its client, without its knowledge, to a job site with unsafe working conditions. ...Read More | |||
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State's COVID Claims Top 6,000; Most Still Pending | 08/26/2020 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia workers' compensation claims resulting from COVID-19 have topped 6,000, which appears to be somewhere in between the per capita numbers for other states that have reported claims data. ...Read More | |||
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State Issues More Than $73,000 in COVID Safety Fines | 08/24/2020 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced more than $73,000 in new fines for businesses violating COVID-19 safety guidance, including more than $10,000 in penalties for a pair of restaurants that were investigated as a result of workplace complaints. ...Read More | |||
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States Extend Remote Hearings Orders, but Not Deadlines | 08/24/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three states have extended or revised emergency rules regarding hearings and mediations while the pandemic continues. Georgia: I...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses Wrongful Termination Claims by Carrier's Ex-Employees | 08/20/2020 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an employer should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the wrongful termination claims of two former employees. ...Read More | |||
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State Posts Lower Loss Costs for Most Classifications | 08/19/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia insurance commissioner has approved loss cost decreases for the voluntary and assigned risk markets, effective Nov. 1. The...Read More | |||
