Workers' Compensation News
| Lack of Fall Protection for Construction Workers Nets Contractor $57,000 in OSHA Fines | 08/10/2016 | ||
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| A Scranton contractor allowed employees to perform construction work without fall protection, the federal workplace safety agency found during a June inspection. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued $57,000 worth of penalties to Liberty Master Inc. after a co...Read More | |||
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Lawyer Sues to End Ban on Attorneys Soliciting Injured Workers for Representation | 08/09/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wary of perpetuating the stereotype of lawyers chasing ambulances, a bipartisan group of attorneys in 2006 got a provision passed that bans Ohio lawyers from soliciting injured workers who file for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Longtime CHSWC Member Kristen Schwenkmeyer Dies at 58 | 08/05/2016 | |
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| Kristen Schwenkmeyer, a member of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation since 1994, has died, officials announced at CHSWC’s meeting on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Proposing Changes to Record-Keeping Rules | 08/04/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Media | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries is proposing changes to its record-keeping rules to ensure they are at least as effective as those promulgated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Lay Witness Testimony Can Rebut Statutory Presumption of Intoxication | 08/03/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled last week that the family of a fatally injured lineman successfully rebutted the statutory presumption of intoxication that arose from the fact that he had tested positive for marijuana use at the time of his death. ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit: Cop Drank Self to Death Over Denied Claim | 07/29/2016 | |
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| The parents of a Santa Barbara police officer who died in 2014 say in a lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for Central California that the city caused their son’s death by denying his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
| Lionmark Safety Director Named to Workers' Comp Board | 07/28/2016 | ||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Joe Reichmuth, corporate safety director for Lionmark Construction Cos. in St. Louis, has been named to the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Determinations Review Board. Reichmuth, of Fenton, also is equal employment officer for Lionmark and previously was a safety inspector...Read More | |||
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Labor Dept. Cites Cleaning Contractors for Work Comp, Labor Violations | 07/26/2016 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Department of Labor issued stop-work orders at 18 ShopRite, Stop and Shop and Whole Foods stores for a variety of labor law violations by cleaning contractors, including failure to provide workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Leave-of-Absence Compliance Is Topic of Webinar | 07/21/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Reed Group is hosting a one-hour webinar on Aug. 31 on compliance with leave-of-absence laws. The webinar, which will begin at 10 a.m. Mountain ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Adopts Updated Fee Schedule | 07/14/2016 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Department of Labor and Industry increased the base rates for inpatient hospital services as well as the conversion factors used to calculate reimbursement for most medical goods and services. ...Read More | |||
