Workers' Compensation News
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Board Must Revisit Date of Worker's Last Coal Dust Exposure | 02/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ordered the Board of Review to revisit the issue of when a worker was last exposed to the hazards of occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Physical Therapists to Serve as Treating Physician | 01/31/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill moving through the Montana Legislature would classify physical therapists as physicians to treat compensable workplace injuries. The ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Expand Cancer Presumption to Airport Firefighters | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would explicitly include airport firefighters in the state's cancer presumption. Sen. John Lair...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow SAIF to Form Subsidiaries | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in Oregon would allow state-chartered SAIF Corp. to form or acquire subsidiaries to provide services to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Presumptions, Benefit Offsets and Deadlines | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois lawmakers introduced bills that would bolster a first responder presumption, require the state to meet the same deadlines as private employers and disallow deducting the value of workers' compensation benefits from survivor benefits paid to police and firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Disfigurement Benefits | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania lawmaker introduced legislation that would increase benefits provided to workers who are seriously and permanently disfigured. ...Read More | |||
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Board Uses Improper SLU Assessment for Transit Worker | 01/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board made an improper schedule loss of use assessment regarding a comparison of contralateral members. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Considers 6% Rate Cut for Private Employers | 01/27/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is proposing a 6% rate reduction that it says would save private employers about $60 million in premiums in the next fiscal year. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Comp Coverage for Sole Proprietors | 01/24/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Illinois lawmaker introduced legislation that would eliminate a statutory exemption that allows sole proprietors to operate without workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Require Heat Safety Rules, Allow Electronic Service | 01/23/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Arizona lawmakers have introduced bills that would allow electronic service of subpoenas and other legal documents and would create heat safety rules. ...Read More | |||
