Workers' Compensation News
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Electronic Filing of Claim Adjustment Application Becomes Mandatory | 07/30/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana announced that claim adjustment applications must be filed electronically, starting Friday. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Announces 2025 X-Mod Estimator | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California posted a 2025 experience modification estimator to its website. The estimato...Read More | |||
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Company Settles Allegations of Misclassifying Franchisees as Contractors | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Attorney General's Office announced a nearly $2 million settlement with a national janitorial company accused of misclassifying franchisees as independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier's Belated Payment of Settlement Doesn't Warrant Penalties | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to penalties for a carrier’s belated payment of a settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bills Calling for Health Care Safety Rules, Farmworker Study | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed bills directing the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to address workplace violence among health care workers and authorizing a study of labor standards for agricultural workers. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Seeks Comments on Judge Up for Reappointment | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is seeking comments on a candidate up for appointment to a five-year term as a workers' compensation judge. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Additional Benefits for Alleged Fall-Related Injuries | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for additional benefits after an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim, Grants Summary Judgment in His Favor | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim and granted summary judgment in his favor. Case: Palumbo v. Citi...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Widow's Challenge to Compelled Settlement | 07/29/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected a widow’s challenge to the compelled settlement of her civil claims for her husband’s death. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Releases State of System Report | 07/28/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau released its 2025 State of the System report, providing an overview of California's system. ...Read More | |||
