Workers' Compensation News
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Retaliatory Tax Dispute
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05/29/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Supreme Court will not be reviewing a constitutional challenge to Michigan's use of retaliatory insurance tax laws on companies doing business in New York.The dispute arose when a trio of carriers affiliated with the American International Group − ...Read More
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Union Officials Try to Block Tax Relief Package Over Stop-Work Orders
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05/28/2014
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State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Peter MantiusNorthern Bureau ChiefCarpenter union officials are calling for the town of Fitchburg and the state of Massachusetts to rescind $17 million in tax benefits awarded in March to a Wisconsin-based water park corporation that employed eight subc...Read More
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Uninsured Landscaper Gets Probation, Community Service
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05/28/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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An uninsured landscaper must serve one year of probation and perform 240 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a felony count of false reporting by an employer and a gross misdemeanor charge of operating without workers’ compensation coverage, the Washington state Department of L...Read More
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Unguarded Machines Bring Tortilla Maker $48K in Fines
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05/22/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $48,300 in fines against a Little Rock, Arkansas, tortilla manufacturer for exposing workers to unguarded machines and electrical hazards and for failing to implement lockout/tagout procedures.OSHA said in a press releas...Read More
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Union Files Cal-OSHA Complaint over UC Worker Death
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05/12/2014
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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 local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees alleges the University of California, Berkeley, failed to comply with its own health and safety policies causing the death of a janitor in April.In a complaint filed May 7 with the Division of Occupationa...Read More
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UC Risk Services, Bickmore to Study Risk Management Needs
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04/11/2014
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The University of California Office of Risk Services and Bickmore have been selected by the Public Entity Risk Institute and its partner organization, Public Risk Management Association, to conduct a public risk management needs study.UC provides resources for the pr...Read More
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Utility Provider Loses Challenge to Jury Verdict for Shocked Worker
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03/19/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Texas appellate court on Tuesday rejected a utility provider's challenge to the court's September ruling that the company could be held liable in tort to a worker who suffered a severe shock when he grabbed a cable that was attached to a transformer that had not been shut down. ...Read More
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Unhappy with DCRB, Task Force Member to Meet with NCCI
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03/18/2014
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State: DE | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Members of a workers’ compensation task force led by Lt. Gov. Matt Denn plan to meet next month with representatives of the National Council on Compensation Insurance as they consider whether to recommend replacing the Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau with NCCI, the Wilmington News Jou...Read More
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USPS Tells Congress of Needed Workers' Comp System Changes
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03/17/2014
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other
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The U.S. Postal Service should reform its workers' compensation system to require recipients at retirement age to transfer out of the system to a cost-effective retirement program, its chief human resources officer testified before Congress on Thursday.Jeffrey Wi...Read More
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Worker's Challenge to QME Procedure
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02/27/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The United States Supreme Court will not be reviewing a California worker's challenge to the state's statutory process for qualified medical evaluations.On Monday, the court issued a ...Read More
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