Workers' Compensation News
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BWC Rule Changes Open for Public Comment | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is seeking comments on two fee schedule rules and an outpatient formulary regulation. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Allegedly Misled About Status of Worker's Comp Claim Can't Get Relief from Default | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil suit was not entitled to relief from a default judgment against it even though it had allegedly been misled by the plaintiff’s employer about the status of the plaintiff’s workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Tells Employers, Providers to Look for Work-Related Cases of Bird Flu | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation on Friday urged employers and providers to look for work-related cases of bird flu. The DWC...Read More | |||
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Court Orders Consideration of Whether Employer Endorsed Jaywalking | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals remanded a case to the Workers' Compensation Board with instructions to consider whether an employer exposed a worker to a greater risk than that to which the public is exposed by having him park across the street and then cross illegally outside of a crosswalk....Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Award of Benefits to Traveling Employee | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Commission Division of the Illinois Appellate Court said a claimant who worked at 29 jobsites in 16 months was a traveling employee and that his injuries from a motor vehicle accident on his way to work were compensable. ...Read More | |||
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9th COA: No Error for ALJ to Find Claimant Lacked Credibility, Terminate Benefits | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In an unpublished decision, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge to terminate benefits being paid to an injured worker under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Warns of Mail Processing Delays | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that processing of mail sent to its claims and administrative law judge divisions may be delayed as it starts working with a new scanning vendor today. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Says Amazon Settlement Will Lead to Corporate Ergonomics Program | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that Amazon will pay a $145,000 penalty and implement a company-wide ergonomics program as part of a settlement that resolves citations issued in 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Court Allows Worker to Add Supervisor to FEHA Complaint, Sends Case Back to State | 12/27/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal district court said a worker suing her employer for disability harassment under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act could add her supervisor to the case. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Electrocution Caused by Contractor's Faulty Tools, Training Failures | 12/27/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined an Alabama contractor $84,789 for workplace safety violations it says resulted in the death of a worker. ...Read More | |||
