Workers' Compensation News
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Workers Urge Stronger Protections Against Retaliation | 07/12/2019 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Immigrant worker and labor advocates rallied in the Massachusetts capital this week in support of bills that would expand the definition of retaliation and protect injured workers who file claims. ...Read More | |||
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WSS Names Executives to Lead Newly Launched Work Comp Division | 07/11/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Western Security Surplus, part of the XPT Group, a specialty insurance distribution company, on Wednesday ...Read More | |||
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Worker Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies for Alleged Mishandling of Claim | 07/11/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker’s lawsuit for alleged mishandling of her claim was properly dismissed because she had not exhausted her administrative remedies. ...Read More | |||
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Widespread Use of Workplace Wearables a Way Off, NCCI Says | 07/08/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Although a growing number of companies are piloting wearable devices for improving worker safety, a new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance describes wearable technology as still in...Read More | |||
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Worker Wrongfully Denied Chance to Cross-Examine Carrier's Expert | 07/08/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was wrongfully deprived of the opportunity to cross-examine an insurance carrier’s expert opinion as to a permanent impairment rating. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: Expenses Remain Most Costly Component of System | 07/02/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California insurers incurred about $6.6 billion in expenses in 2018, more than the $4.6 billion paid for medical benefits or the $3.8 billion in indemnity benefits provided last year, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s 2018 loss and expense summary. ...Read More | |||
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Who Are the Gig Workers? Reports Offer Some Clues | 07/01/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As employee classification and portable benefit programs continue to be hot issues across the country, two new reports may shed more light on who gig workers are and what they want. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Compel Employer to Choose Different Pharmacy Provider | 07/01/2019 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A narrow majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that an employee's motion to compel her employer to choose a different pharmacy was premature. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Finds Biggest Drop in Drug Spend in California, While Louisiana's Costs Increase | 06/28/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Twenty-six of 27 states in a new report saw their workers’ comp prescription drug costs per claim drop from January 2015 to March 2018, with California posting the biggest decrease, 77%. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Be Compelled to Attend IME by Unknown Doctor | 06/28/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the State Fund could not compel attendance at an independent medical examination without first identifying the date and name of the examiner. ...Read More | |||
