Workers' Compensation News
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Donelon Approves 8.4% Loss Cost Decrease | 11/11/2019 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 86 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| Louisiana's insurance commissioner has approved an average 8.4% decrease in loss costs, effective in May 2020. ...Read More | |||
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City Gets Summary Judgment on Worker's Claims From Paving Mishap | 11/11/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 99 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the City of New York was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claims for an alleged accident during a road construction project. ...Read More | |||
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Bureau Approves Changes to Experience Rating Manual | 11/11/2019 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 100 | 0 | Popular with Medical | 2 min read | |||
| The Virginia commissioner of insurance has approved changes to the experience rating plan manual, as recommended by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Former EPA Lawyer Replaced as General Counsel at WC Commission | 11/11/2019 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 222 | 0 | Popular with Other | 139 min read | |||
| A former attorney for President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency who became the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission general counsel last year is now moving to the U.S. Attorney's office. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Offers 'CompEssentials' Certification | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 434 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 138 min read | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has launched a “CompEssentials” certification program. ...Read More | |||
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Agenda Posted for P&T Committee Meeting | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 257 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read | |||
| Members of the committee created to advise the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on evidence-based updates to the prescription drug formulary will discuss four-day special fill allowance for some exempt drugs, during its Wednesday meeting in Oakland. ...Read More | |||
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Rate of Nonfatal Work Injuries Was Flat Last Year, BLS Reports | 11/08/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 276 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 37 min read | |||
| The rate of nonfatal workplace injuries in the U.S. held steady in 2018 at 2.8 per 100 workers, only the second time since 2003 that the injury frequency did not decrease, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday...Read More | |||
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WCS Posts Advisory Bulletin on COLA Changes | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 115 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 11 min read | |||
| Nevada’s Workers’ Compensation Section issued an advisory bulletin explaining the impact of two bills enacted this year to increase permanent total disability benefits and death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Committee to Review Premium Tax Audit Methods | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 123 | 0 | |||
| Idaho’s Advisory Committee on Workers’ Compensation will at its Nov. 13 meeting discuss premium tax audit methodology for self-insured employer contracts with independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies TTD to Worker Fired for Refusing to Follow Lifting Restrictions | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 157 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits after he was fired for failing to abide by the lifting restrictions that his employer imposed. ...Read More | |||
