Workers' Compensation News
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Landscaper Faces Felony Charges 3 Years After Employee's Death | 03/09/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prosecutors in Northern California have charged a landscaping company owner roughly three years after one of his employees died in an on-the-job accident. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to Govern Return of Coal Fund Money | 03/09/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance would have more guidance on returning to coal companies about $20 million that remains in a black-lung compensation fund, under a bill heading to the desk of Gov. Andy Beshear. ...Read More | |||
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Liberty Promotes Wesley Hyatt to Chief Client Officer of Global Risk Solutions | 03/09/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Liberty Mutual Insurance announced today the appointment of Wesley Hyatt as chief client officer of its Global Risk Solutions. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Announces Possible Amendments to Outpatient Hospital Payment Rules | 03/05/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced possible rulemaking it said would eliminate a conflict between two regulations and clarify its outpatient hospital payment policy. ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit Says Governor Is Shielding Comp Official Accused of Bullying, Harassment | 03/03/2021 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A lawsuit filed Friday claims New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office ordered state departments to withhold record requests to shield a workers’ compensation official who has a history of bullying and harassing employees, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Disallowing Benefits for Failure to Disclose Medical Conditions | 03/02/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Legislature passed a bill that would prohibit workers from receiving comp benefits in certain circumstances when they fail to disclose preexisting medical conditions on pre-employment questionnaires. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Approve Conference Committee Amendments to Presumptions | 03/02/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia lawmakers over the weekend unanimously approved bills that would create a presumption that COVID-19 is a compensable occupational disease for first responders, corrections workers and health care providers. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Extend Cancer, Respiratory Presumption to EMTs — if Locals Agree | 03/01/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia General Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would extend a respiratory, heart disease and cancer presumption to emergency medical service workers, starting in July. ...Read More | |||
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Loss Data Still Needed When Carrier Goes Bust, Bill Says | 02/26/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The legacy of Patriot National, parent company of one of the largest Florida workers' compensation carriers to become insolvent as its CEO was accused of spending millions on a yacht and other non-business items, continues with state officials hoping a bill in the Legislature will help avoid ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Announce Single-Payer Proposal | 02/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A group of California lawmakers on Friday announced the introduction of a bill that would create some type of single-payer health care system but provided few details about what the proposal would look like. ...Read More | |||
