Industry Insights
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Young: The Next Rate Recommendation | 04/28/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Soon, the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will be filing its official written recommendation for an adjustment in California’s advisory workers’ comp rates. On April 20, the WCIRB Governing Committee voted after hearing a presentation by Chief Actua...Read More | |||
| CAAA: It's Really Their Money in the First Place | 04/27/2022 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom and the legislative leadership agree that inflation is creating real pain for real families. They agree that higher gas prices hurt people who have no choice but to drive to work. They understand that the lower your income, the farther you drive to work. T...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: A Tech Answer to COVID Presumption? | 04/26/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In September of 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 1159, which created various presumptions for COVID exposures. Some are for the initial outbreak, and some are for certain professions such as law enforcement and health care workers, among others. ...Read More | |||
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Burns: Job Abandonment and Off-Premises Injuries | 04/25/2022 | |
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| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the post-COVID workplace or job, particularly in states such as California, where there is a heavy technology industry, it is expected that remote work and hybrid workplace injuries will become more common as the economy readjusts. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: U.S. v. Washington No. 2 Post on the Oral Argument | 04/22/2022 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I have posted a recap of the Hanford oral argument on the SCOTUS blog: ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Gender Pay Disparity and Average Weekly Wage | 04/21/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| OK, dear readers, pop quiz: How do you calculate temporary disability benefits for a full-time, regular employee? ...Read More | |||
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Fish: How to Know When You Need an Interpreter | 04/20/2022 | |
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| By: Mike Fish | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation recently adopted a set of guidelines to be utilized when an interpreter is used in a court proceeding. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: COVID 'Breathalyzer' Test Could Be Answer to Workplace Legal Issue | 04/19/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let’s talk COVID and technology. More specifically, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a "breathalyzer" test for COVID-19, which reportedly produces results in three minutes with a 91% accuracy rate. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: The Hanford Reservation and Disease Causation | 04/18/2022 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I've been retained by the Supreme Court of the United States blog to do a preview, oral argument recap and eventual opinion analysis in the case U.S. v Washington that will be argued in the court this morning. The case is full of issues likely to be of interest to workers' compensati...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Moves and Implications | 04/15/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Two things are happening that provide yet more evidence of rapid evolution in workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
