Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Orders New Trial in Contract Dispute Between Staffing Co. and Payroll Provider | 06/29/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 121 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| The Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled that a payroll management service provider was entitled to a new trial on a breach of contract claim that a temporary staffing agency had filed against it because of instructional errors during the trial. ...Read More | |||
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Pie Insurance Moves Into Eighth State | 06/29/2018 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 124 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 82 min read | |||
| Pie Insurance has begun online sales of workers’ compensation policies directly to small businesses in North Carolina, the company announced on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Allowing WC Payments by Direct Deposit | 06/29/2018 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 176 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 28 min read | |||
| New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu this week signed into law a measure that allows workers' compensation benefits to be paid by direct deposit. ...Read More | |||
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BBSI Issues Letter of Credit for Comp Program Restructuring | 06/29/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 156 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| Barrett Business Services Inc. is receiving a letter of credit from its primary lender as part of a strategy to reduce costs from its workers’ compensation program. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Balks at 'Employee-Friendly' Commissioner Nominee | 06/29/2018 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 129 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read | |||
| The elevation of a deputy commissioner to head the North Carolina Industrial Commission may have hit a roadblock after business interests said his rulings have been too employee-friendly. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Erred in Ignoring Stipulated Amount of Worker's AWW | 06/29/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 109 | 0 | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission erred in disregarding the stipulated amount of a worker’s average weekly earnings in calculating the amount of his permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Fall | 06/29/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 154 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been allowed to proceed with his Labor Law claim for a fall that occurred after he unhooked his safety lanyard while disassembling a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Rafael Gonzalez Back at Optum as President of Settlement Solutions | 06/29/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 246 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 70 min read | |||
| Rafael Gonzalez has returned to Optum’s workers’ compensation division as president of settlement solutions. ...Read More | |||
| DWC proposes Updates to Treatment Guidelines, Fee Schedule Rules | 06/29/2018 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 132 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 75 min read | |||
| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing updates to its medical fee schedule and medical utilization review treatment guidelines. The division said in a rule-making notice that the updates are part of an annual review process. The division is holding a hea...Read More | |||
| Assessment Rate Drops for Fourth Straight Year | 06/29/2018 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 167 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 1 min read | |||
| Beginning Sunday, the assessment rate for employers in Massachusetts will drop for the fourth straight year, the state Department of Industrial Accidents ...Read More | |||
