Workers' Compensation News
| Governor Approves 15% Rate Decrease | 11/18/2025 | ||
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| Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon approved a 15% rate decrease for policies incepting in 2026. The governor's office said this is the third straight reduction. "Following a 6% reduction in 2024 and a 12% reduction in 2025, this new decrease brings the total industry base rate redu...Read More | |||
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Worker's Challenge to Denial of Claim Gets Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction | 11/18/2025 | |
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| A Texas appellate court dismissed a worker’s challenge to the denial of her claim due to a lack of jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Jail Employee's Civil Claims Arising from Inmate Assault | 11/18/2025 | |
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| A Texas appellate court ruled that a jail employee’s civil claims arising from a sexual assault by an inmate should have been dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 6.9% Rate Decrease | 11/18/2025 | |
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| Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky on Monday announced the approval of a 6.9% rate decrease for policies incepting on or after Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Amendments to AWW Rules | 11/18/2025 | |
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| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation proposed rules that it said would clarify the process for carriers to get wage information for seasonal workers and to request adjustments to their wage average wage calculations. ...Read More | |||
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Commenters Urge DWC to Ban Outsourced Training, Tighten Voucher Rules | 11/17/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Schools and institutions helping retrain injured workers for new careers should be prohibited from outsourcing training to unvetted third parties, system observers said in response to rules proposed by the California Division of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Proposes Updating Mental Health Guidelines | 11/17/2025 | ||
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| The California Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing to update guidelines outlining the reasonable and necessary medical treatment for mental health injuries. The division is proposing to adopt the latest version of the Workplace Mental Health Guidelines that the American Col...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Directly Appeal Denial of Motion to Dismiss | 11/17/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Indiana Court of Appeals said an employer could not take a direct appeal from the denial of its motion to dismiss a worker’s application for adjustment of claim. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Correctional Officer's Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 11/17/2025 | |
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| The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the denial of a correctional officer’s claim for benefits for his COVID-19 infection. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Employer Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Third-Party Claims | 11/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s employer was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the third-party claims against it. ...Read More | |||
