Workers' Compensation News
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State Raises Max Benefits by 3.7%
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09/11/2020
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 133 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 8 min read
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation announced it will raise the maximum level of weekly benefits by 3.7%.
The state’s maximum for...Read More
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Sedgwick Names Global Risk Management Executive
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09/11/2020
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 232 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 200 min read
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Sedgwick on Thursday announced risk management professional David Stills will be joining the company as a global risk management executive.
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No Benefits for Teacher Attacked in Classroom
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09/11/2020
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 1125 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 410 min read
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A teacher at Chicago State University said his workers' compensation claim was denied after he was attacked by a stranger in the classroom in April.
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COVID Presumption Bills Now on Life Support
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09/11/2020
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 192 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 141 min read
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A Senate bill that would provide a COVID-19 presumption for first responders, health workers and teachers appears to have died in a special session of the Virginia legislature, and a House measure is facing uncertainty.
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WCIRB to Revise COVID Industry Class Factors in Rate Filing
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09/10/2020
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 499 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 86 min read
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Some California employers will get a little relief from what is essentially a COVID-19 surcharge after the Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 10-1 to revise the 2021 advisory rate recommendation.
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DWC: Lien Trials Resume Monday
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09/10/2020
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 433 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 131 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will resume lien trials Monday.
Lien trials will be limited to one per judge per day to st...Read More
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Comp Gurus Take Issue With AMA's Call for Loosened Opioid Regulations
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09/10/2020
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 406 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 116 min read
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The prescription opioid crisis is far from over, despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, panelists said during the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions annual conference Wednesday.
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Rates Dropping 5.6% in 2021
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09/10/2020
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 193 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 67 min read
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Oregon employers on average will pay 5.6% less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021 than they did this year, the Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Wednesday.
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