Workers' Compensation News
Gender Equity Analysis Bill Lands on Suspense File | 04/26/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee put a hold on a bill that would require the Division of Workers’ Compensation to conduct an analysis of gender-based differences in benefits provided to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
Governor Appoints Amylee Simonovich to Comp Commission | 04/25/2023 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Amylee Simonovich as a commissioner of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
Gig Workers, Employers Assert Potentially Viable Equal Protection Challenge to AB 5 | 03/31/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs challenging the enforcement of California Assembly Bill 5 plausibly alleged that the legislation violated principles of equal protection and that they should have been allowed to proceed with their claim. ...Read More | |||
Governor Approves Lump Sum Settlement Bill | 03/31/2023 | ||
State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bill reinstating a statute allowing injured workers with a permanent partial disability of 30% or less to choose a lump sum payment. ...Read More | |||
Gilson Daub Appoints O.C. Managing Partner | 03/28/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Gilson Daub, a leading workers’ compensation defense and subrogation law firm, announced that Julio E. Martinez joined the organization as managing partner of its headquarters office in San Clemente. ...Read More | |||
Governor Approves Cancer Presumption for Arson, Bomb Investigators | 03/23/2023 | ||
State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin approved measures making arson and bomb investigators eligible for a presumption that certain cancers are compensable. ...Read More | |||
Governor Appoints Francis M. Brady as Arbitrator | 03/15/2023 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Francis Martin Brady to serve as an arbitrator for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. Brady h...Read More | |||
Goldberg Segalla Announces East Coast Additions | 03/08/2023 | ||
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Goldberg Segalla announced the addition of attorneys to its workers’ compensation defense groups in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ...Read More | |||
Graduate Student's Parents Got Short-Changed in Calculation of Death Benefits Owed | 03/03/2023 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission short-changed a worker’s parents by calculating the benefits payable to them using only the wages the worker had earned up until the date of his death. ...Read More | |||
General Assembly Passes Group Self-Insurance Bills | 02/23/2023 | ||
State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill that would allow group self-insurance associations to merge. ...Read More | |||