Workers' Compensation News
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Cal/OSHA Urges Employers to Protect Workers From Wildfire Smoke | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California workplace safety regulators remind employers of their obligation to protect workers from exposure to unhealthy air caused by wildfire smoke. ...Read More | |||
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Fire Marshal's Claim Survives State Fund's Bid for Summary Dismissal | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied State Fund’s motion for summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim for temporary partial disability benefits, finding that he had a “medically determined physical restriction.” ...Read More | |||
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WCD Forming Committee to Draft Security Deposit Exemption Rules | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division is forming a rulemaking committee to draft regulations to implement legislation allowing self-insured school districts to request an exemption to the requirement to post security deposits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Teacher Withdrew From Job Market | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a teacher had voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market. Case: Matter of ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Tort Claim for Worker's Death | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a civil suit that asserted the company engaged in intentional misconduct that was substantially certain to result in the death of a worker. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Include Wrist Injury in Claim | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim for a left wrist injury. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Direct Deposit, Funding Increase for Safety Inspections | 07/10/2025 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bill allowing benefit payments to be made by direct deposit and increasing funding for the safety and inspection functions of the Division of Industrial Affairs. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Data Doesn't Support Presumption for Hospital Workers | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injuries that would be presumed compensable for hospital workers under a bill pending in the Assembly occur at similar rates — and are denied at similar rates — as those for the general workforce, according to a new report by the California Workers' Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Forming Rulemaking Advisory Committee | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that it is forming a rulemaking advisory committee to review issues relating to claims administration and recently enacted legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Appoints Commissioner, Arbitrators | 07/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the appointment of a workers' compensation commissioner and nine arbitrators. The governor appointe...Read More | |||
