Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Proposes Changes to Voucher, Vocational Counselor Rules | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation proposed changes to its Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit rules that it said will make the voucher program more efficient, improve management of the list of approved vocational counselors and safeguard against fraud. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts 2026 Audit Standards | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced the standards it will use for profile audit review of adjusting locations throughout the state next year. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Posts 2026 X-Mods | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said insurers, agents and brokers can access recently published 2026 experience modifications for California policyholders. ...Read More | |||
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AG Announces $1.4M Settlement With Construction Company | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday announced a $1.4 million settlement with a construction firm that was accused of repeatedly violating the state's workers' compensation laws. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Premium Fraud | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a New York iron and erecting company pleaded guilty Tuesday to underreporting payroll in order to fraudulently reduce his workers' compensation premiums, the Nassau County District Attorney's Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Arbitrator's Award of Full Holiday Pay for Injured Police Officer | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division reinstated an arbitrator’s award, finding that a correctional police officer was entitled to full holiday pay for the holidays that fell within the time she was out on workers' compensation leave. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding of Compensability for Worker's Hearing Loss | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s finding that a man had suffered compensable, noise-related hearing loss. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Denies Employer's Petition for Review of LHWCA Award | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of a worker's Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding That Worker Had Discrete New Injury | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a worker suffered a discrete new injury to his previously injured ankle after twisting it at work. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Comments on Revisions to Complaint Form | 10/21/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting public comments on proposed revisions to the form used to file complaints about administrative violations. ...Read More | |||
