Workers' Compensation News
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Temporary Rules Adopting COVID-19 Codes Take Effect | 07/14/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Temporary rules allowing the use of new procedure codes for COVID-19 tests took effect Monday, the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced. ...Read More | |||
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Top 10 Injury Causes Costing Businesses More, Liberty Mutual Report Finds | 07/01/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Strains, sprains, slips and falls continue to be the top causes of nonfatal workplace injuries, costing insurers and employers billions of dollars in 2020, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. said in its annual safety index report. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Adopts NCCI Injury Codes | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance has approved COVID-19 injury codes proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The NCCI in...Read More | |||
| Three Dozen Supporters, Opponents Turn Out on Presumption, Liability Bill | 06/26/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would provide protection for workers and for employers seems to have struck a nerve in Ohio, with more than three dozen people testifying on it during a legislative hearing this week. ...Read More | |||
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Tyson Worker's Family Files Comp Claim After Death From COVID-19 | 06/15/2020 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Meat and poultry giant Tyson Foods, which has seen more COVID-19 cases among employees than any other U.S. company, is now facing a death-benefits workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Issues Preclude Summary Judgment for Worker | 06/02/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on a Labor Law claim based on a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Temporary Rules Cut Penalty for Uninsured Employers | 05/29/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division adopted rules that temporarily reduce the penalty for a first violation of operating without workers' compensation insurance in what it described as an effort to reduce economic burdens on businesses that might be struggling with the effects of ...Read More | |||
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Three of Four Presumption Bills Make CalChamber's 'Job Killer' List | 05/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three of the four bills that would create a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable as an occupational condition made the California Chamber of Commerce’s annual “job killer” list. ...Read More | |||
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Tenn. Resumes In-Person Hearings; N.H. Moves to Video Conferencing | 05/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One state has stopped in-person claims hearings while another is allowing them again — with requisite personal protection measures — as the pandemic continues across the country. ...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA Partners, myMatrixx Set Webinar on Settling Legacy Claims | 05/07/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners is teaming up with myMatrixx to present a free webinar for workers’ compensation professionals May 20 about how to reduce prescription drug spending in legacy claims. ...Read More | |||
