Workers' Compensation News
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Lumber, Flooring Maker Fined $218,192 for Fatality
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07/13/2020
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State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 121 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 7 min read
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Miller & Co. Inc. for failing to protect employees from struck-by hazards after a worker was fatally injured at the company's factory in Alabama.
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Fabric Manufacturer to Pay $200,000 in Penalties, Correct Workplace Hazards
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07/13/2020
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 131 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that home and personal care fabric products manufacturer U.S. Nonwovens Corp. will address and correct hazards at its five manufacturing facilities in New York and pay $200,000 in penalties to resolve safety violations.
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Cleaning Contractor Charged With Underreporting Payroll
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07/13/2020
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State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 179 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 7 min read
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The owner of a cleaning company has been charged with failing to maintain workers’ compensation coverage and with underreporting payroll by more than $300,000, the Rhode Island attorney general said Thursday.
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Audit Finds Multiple Problems With State Employee Comp Program
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07/13/2020
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 190 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read
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New Jersey’s self-insured workers’ compensation program for state employees provided incorrect benefits in most claims and failed to address the root cause of many accidents, an audit by the state’s comptroller found.
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DWC Posts Adjustments to Hospital, ASC Sections of Fee Schedule
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07/10/2020
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 200 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Thursday posted an order incorporating into the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule changes made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Cannabis Cultivator Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
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07/10/2020
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 533 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 68 min read
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The owner of a licensed cannabis company pleaded no contest to payroll tax and workers’ compensation insurance fraud charges, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced.
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Business Owner Ordered to Pay Nearly $3k in Premium Fraud Case
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07/10/2020
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 485 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 101 min read
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A Northern California business owner was ordered to pay nearly $3,000 in restitution after pleading no contest to defrauding his insurance carrier by paying an employee off the books, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced.
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Industry Must Work Harder to Attract, Retain Diverse Employees, Panelists Say
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07/10/2020
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By: Mark Powell (Reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 333 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read
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If the workers’ compensation industry is going to continue to thrive, businesses nationwide must be more proactive about recruiting and promoting minority employees, a group of panelists said Thursday during a racial inequality webinar hosted by WorkCompCentral.
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