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	State Bears No Labor Law Liability for Accident on Public Trust Land		06/08/2016
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 405 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 15 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that the state could not be held liable under the Labor Law for a worker's injury on a property that is under the stewardship of a public benefit corporation. ...Read More


	Steelmaker Works to Improve Safety After String of Violations		06/08/2016

	State: OH \| Segment: NORTH \| 632 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 79 min read
	A Canton maker of alloy steel bars and tubing is on its way toward abating safety violations for which the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration had cited the company, according to the Repository ...Read More


	Supreme Court: Subcontractor Was Immune From Civil Liability		06/06/2016
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: TX \| Segment: Top \| 733 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 16 min read
	The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a subcontractor covered by a general contractor's workplace insurance plan is immune from civil liability if its negligence causes injury to the general contractor's employee. ...Read More


	Supreme Court Says Employer's 401(k) Contributions Aren't 'Wages'		06/06/2016
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: IA \| Segment: NORTH \| 517 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 84 min read
	The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that an employer's matching contributions to an employee’s 401(k) plan should not be considered part of the employee's weekly earnings for purposes of calculating the amount of his workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More


	Senate Authorizes Cooperative Education Boards to Create Workers' Comp Reserve Funds		06/06/2016

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 470 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 7 min read
	The New York Senate last week passed a bill that allows boards of cooperative education services to establish workers’ compensation reserve funds. Senate Bill 3017, sponsored by Catharine Young, first appeared in 2012. Senators approved it Wednesday, and now the legislation goes to ...Read More


	SAIF Board Meeting June 8		06/06/2016

	State: OR \| Segment: WEST \| 380 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 1 min read
	The board of directors for Oregon’s SAIF Corp. will discuss financial reports, dividends and elections during its June 8 meeting in Eugene. Members will discuss and approve the election of board officers, according to the meeting agenda. And they’ll discuss financial results f...Read More


	Stucco Contractor Pasted for Putting Workers at Risk of Falls		06/06/2016

	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 412 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 2 min read
	A stucco contractor based in Upper Darby has been hit with five willful violations for putting its workers at severe risk of falling from elevations as high as 18 feet while working on a remodeling job. ...Read More


	Sovereign Immunity Doesn't Shield SORM From Paying Portion of Award as Attorney Fee		06/03/2016
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: TX \| Segment: Top \| 1731 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 27 min read
	A Texas appellate court last week ruled that an attorney who successfully defends an award to an injured state employee is entitled to payment for his services, even though the fee cannot be charged to the state. ...Read More


	Service Lloyds Names Business Development Manager		06/03/2016

	State: TX \| Segment: SOUTH \| 595 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 31 min read
	Service Lloyds Insurance Co., a Texas- based work comp carrier, named Todd Richardson the business development manager of its underwriting unit. Richardson will be responsible for leading the underwriting operation, including developing and implementing underwriting goals, and procedures,...Read More


	Small Businesses Slapped With Heavy Noncompliance Fines		06/02/2016

	State: CO \| Segment: WEST \| 1103 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 13 min read
	Colorado’s state Division of Workers’ Compensation is hitting small businesses with noncompliance fines totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, often notifying them years after their period of shirking insurance requirements began, The Complete Colorado reports. ...Read More

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WA - L&I Plans Meetings to Discuss Premium Rates

06/25/2018 | 68 | 0

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries announced that two advisory committees will discuss possible changes to premium rates later this year, and the department will hold formal rule-making hearings in October and November to discuss 2019 rate proposals. The department said in a Tuesday statement of inquiry that it is required by law to establish and maintain a workers’ compensation classification plan and to set premiums at the lowest amount needed to maintain actuarial solvency, and limit year-to-year fluctuations in rates. Premium rates for each ... Read More

NV - Sweep Finds 18% of Employers Without Coverage

06/25/2018 | 76 | 0 | 1 min read

The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section said a recent “educational outreach sweep” found 18% of employers were operating without coverage. WCS said in the summer edition of the Nevada Workers’ Compensation Chronicle that investigators visited more than 179 employers over a three-hour period, asking for proof of work comp coverage. Those who did not have coverage received “a courtesy warning” and were subjected to a follow-up investigation three weeks later. WCS said 14% of employers complied with the requirement to carry workers’ compensation ... Read More

NY - Schumer Wants Benefits for Widow of 9/11 Worker

06/25/2018 | 87 | 0 | 1 min read

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has called on the New York Workers’ Compensation Board to grant death benefits to the widow of a state trooper who developed pancreatic cancer after working at the site of the September 2001 terrorist attack. In a statement on Friday, Schumer asked WCB to quickly review and approve benefits for Audra Lakeman of Lockport, New York. Lakeman’s husband, New York State Trooper Lawrence Lakeman, was among as many as 4,000 members of the state police who were sent to Manhattan in the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center. Lawrence Lakeman worked at Groun... Read More

WA - L&I Offering Grants for Safety, Return-to-Work Projects

06/25/2018 | 110 | 0

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is accepting applications for annual grants that can be used to develop training courses, purchase equipment or implement strategies to protect workers and make workplaces safer. L&I said it will accept applications for the Safety and Health Investment Projects grant program through Sept. 21. Employers who qualify for grants can receive up to $175,000 to develop workplace safety programs. Employers who receive grant money are expected to complete projects within 18 months. “Grants are also available for projects that develop new way... Read More

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