Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI Summarizes Comp Bills Enacted in 2018 | 10/05/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 703 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 44 min read | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute summarized nearly 20 bills signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this year that are of potential interest to the comp industry. ...Read More | |||
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1st DCA Sets Oral Argument on Apportionment for Aggravation of Pre-Existing Condition | 10/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 892 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 92 min read | |||
| The 1st District Court of Appeal is set to hear argument next month about whether the long-standing rule holding employers liable for permanent disability caused by the aggravation of a pre-existing condition is relevant in the era of apportionment. ...Read More | |||
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PDMP Dispensing Mandates Cut Risky Prescribing, Study Finds | 10/05/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 219 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 216 min read | |||
| Despite at least two recent studies that question the effectiveness of prescription drug monitoring programs, a new study finds that PDMPs do work to reduce risky opioid prescribing when prescribers are required to check the database. ...Read More | |||
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Protz Fix, Uninsured Employer Bill Approved by Committees | 10/05/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 176 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| With just a few voting days left in the session, two long-awaited bills that would have a significant impact on workers’ compensation costs and benefits appear to be gathering some steam. ...Read More | |||
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N.Y. Surpasses Calif. as Most Costly State for Comp | 10/05/2018 | |
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| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 702 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 72 min read | |||
| WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — Despite three rate decreases in as many years, New York will take from California the dubious title of the most expensive state in the nation for workers’ compensation insurance when the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services releases its lat...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Airport Shuttle Bus Qualifies as Airline Employer's 'Premises' | 10/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 119 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on the question of whether an employee is within the course and scope of employment when traveling between a parking lot and the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Draft Bills Would Overhaul MSF Rules, State's Insurance Options | 10/05/2018 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 94 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read | |||
| A pair of draft bills under consideration for introduction next year would allow Montana State Fund policyholders to elect three board members and give the state the option of buying workers’ compensation coverage from a private carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Employee Entitled to Benefits for Employer's Refusal to Return Her to Work | 10/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 83 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an injured worker was entitled to benefits for a one-year period after her employer refused to return her to work at an available position within her physical capabilities. ...Read More | |||
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Beecher Carlson Names Catherine Asaro National Operations Manager | 10/05/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 99 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read | |||
| Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, a large-account insurance broker, has promoted Catherine Asaro to national operations manager, a newly created position. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Intensifies Trenching Emphasis Program | 10/05/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 119 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 3 min read | |||
| In response to a recent spike in deaths of workers in trenches, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has updated its National Emphasis Prog...Read More | |||
