Workers' Compensation News
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Union Officials Protest at Site of Stop-Work Order in New Haven
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07/31/2014
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Four union protestors waved signs and passed out fliers Tuesday outside a Wells Fargo Bank building in New Haven, where a stop-work order was issued last week against a drywall subcontractor, the New Haven Register reported.
Tim Sullivan, a representat...Read More
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Underground Economy Measures Seen as National Trend
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07/18/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A number of states are focusing their sights on the underground economy with the express purpose of bringing it to the surface and stomping on it.
Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia are among states that have recently stepped up or codified existing efforts to curb such practices as em...Read More
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Users Push for Tighter MTUS Rules
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07/15/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Attorneys, payers and providers are asking the California Division of Workers’ Compensation to remove what they see as ambiguities in proposed rules that outline how to evaluate the best available research to support a treatment request when guidelines are silent or have been rebutted.
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Undocumented Worker Bill Referred to Rules Committee
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07/10/2014
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A bill that would ban workers’ compensation benefits for undocumented workers injured on the job was removed from the North Carolina Senate calendar and referred to the Senate’s Rules and Operations Committee.The Senate previously planned to examine House Bill 369 on Wednesda...Read More
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Uninsured Contractor Sentenced to Probation
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07/03/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A 69-year-old contractor who pleaded guilty to failing to register as an employer and not providing workers’ compensation coverage for his workers was ordered to pay more than $10,000 in fines and placed on probation for five years, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announce...Read More
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UPMC VP Must Give Deposition to Attorneys for Shooting Victims
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07/01/2014
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center vice president must be deposed by attorneys for two shooting victims who claim the hospital official promised that their medical bills would be taken care of, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.Elizabeth Concordia must unde...Read More
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Undocumented Worker Receives Largest-Ever Comp Award
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06/13/2014
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State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An undocumented construction worker who was paralyzed in a 2007 fall at a Milford, Connecticut, job site has been awarded $4.5 million in the largest workers’ compensation settlement in Connecticut history.Estuardo Ceballos was 18 years old when he fell from an 18-foot ladder while...Read More
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USPS Employee Charged with Illegally Taking $150,000 in Benefits
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06/09/2014
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A U.S. Postal Service employee from the Bronx has been charged with illegally collecting $150,000 in workers’ compensation benefits stemming from trauma claims, EmpireStateNews.Net has reported.Maria Chmielewski, 38, had been collecting 75% of her salary based ...Read More
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Unlicensed Contractors Sentenced to Year in Jail
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05/30/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A husband and wife who operated unlicensed painting and window installation contracting firms were sentenced to one year in county jail and ordered to pay restitution of $5 million, according to a report by the Salinas Californian.Daniel Kenneth Furness, 61, was also ordered to serve fiv...Read More
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