Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Give Comp Benefits to School Workers Who Get COVID-19 | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 130 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 4 min read | |||
| Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota have proposed a bill that would offer workers’ compensation benefits to school employees who contract COVID-19, according to the Assoc...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Fitness Center More Than $126,000 for COVID-19 Violations | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 157 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 184 min read | |||
| Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced more than $126,000 in fines levied on a Salem fitness center for “willfully continuing to potentially expose employees” to COVID-19, the agency said in a ...Read More | |||
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Department to Offer New EDI Functionality on Claims System | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 146 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 300 min read | |||
| Two weeks from now, the Minnesota Department of Labor will roll out a new feature for its online workers' compensation claims management system. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Sets Another Hearing on Medical Reimbursement Dispute Rule Changes | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 201 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 107 min read | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation on Feb. 9 will hold another hearing on proposed medical reimbursement dispute rules. The...Read More | |||
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Third Coal Mine Manager Pleads Guilty to Cheating in Dust Sampling | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 250 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 48 min read | |||
| Another Kentucky coal company manager has pleaded guilty to rigging dust sampling procedures in mines in order to hide the extent of dangerous conditions that could trigger federal penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Even WCAB Judges Say They're Having a Hard Time Keeping Up With Comp Laws | 01/14/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1395 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 84 min read | |||
| In July of last year, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Judges Robert Rassp and Eric Ledger guessed that California would soon add at least 1 million employees to payrolls across the state, thanks to the passage of Assembly Bill 5. ...Read More | |||
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Stander Reubens Thomas Kinsey Names Paul Wolfe as Newest Shareholder | 01/14/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 292 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Stander Reubens Thomas Kinsey announced that Paul G. Wolfe has become its newest shareholder. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Data Shows December Spike in COVID-19 Claims | 01/14/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 349 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 96 min read | |||
| Data published online by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows that more claims for COVID-19 were filed in December than in any other month of 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Presumption for Hospital Worker Injuries, Illnesses | 01/14/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 481 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 53 min read | |||
| California hospital workers would be presumed to have compensable claims for infectious diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and respiratory conditions, under a recently introduced bill. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Reps Object to Rules That Limit Second Swipe at Authorized Treatment | 01/14/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 530 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read | |||
| Florida workers' compensation regulators appear to be crafting a sweeping new rule through the use of instructional notes to limit insurers' ability to conduct medical utilization reviews, insurance representatives said at a workshop Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
