Workers' Compensation News
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Stenographer Charged With Larceny for Allegedly Inflating Bills | 02/20/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York state stenographer was arrested on a single felony larceny charge for allegedly adding zeros to invoices sent to workers’ compensation carriers. ...Read More | |||
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State Uses New Law to Bust Subcontractor for Alleged Misclassification | 02/20/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New Jersey subcontractor has been ordered to stop work and pay more than $19,000 in fines for allegedly misclassifying workers, failing to obtain workers' compensation coverage and failing to deduct taxes. ...Read More | |||
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State Supreme Court Upholds Comp Exemption Law for North Dakota Businesses | 02/20/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court has found that a law that gives a special workers' compensation exemption to North Dakota employers is not unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Won't Confirm Chief Judge Nominee | 02/19/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The chairman of a Florida Senate committee said he will not hold a confirmation hearing for John MacIver, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as chief judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings last fall. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Won't Review Suspended Physician's Challenge to Dismissal of Liens | 02/14/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court will not review a disgraced doctor’s constitutional challenge to a statutory presumption that liens filed by suspended providers are tainted by their misconduct. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
