Industry Insights
| CAAA: They Call It Reform | 03/31/2022 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last Thursday, CAAA’s Legislative Committee met to strategize on rumored workers’ compensation “reform.” With inflation raging out of control, any reform would include an increase in PD benefits. Injured workers need a raise. Inflation is eating away at t...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Comments on Email Service and Copy Liens | 03/30/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here we are again, still slugging our way through our beloved swamp of California’s workers’ compensation system, and I'm here to curate the culture clash between old and new, the past and the future, the traditional and the modern that plays out. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Provider Consolidation's Impact on Workers' Comp | 03/29/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It's not good. Joe Paduda T...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Lawmaker's Proposal Takes Aim at Temps, Threatens Industry | 03/28/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A new bill proposed by state lawmakers would require employers to provide workers’ compensation coverage for any workers who are performing labor within the employer’s usual course of business, regardless if they are employed by a staffing agency. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Psych Kite Again | 03/25/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This post is good news: Another successful decision reached, thanks to the efforts of the attorneys at State Compensation Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Balancing Study and Action | 03/24/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In life and in public policy, there is often a delicate balance between study and action. Between endless studies and premature action. Or hasty action with no studies. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Future of the Workplace Post-COVID | 03/23/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The following is a paraphrased summary of a panel discussion on the future of the post-COVID workplace, held at the Workers Compensation Research Institute's annual conference in Boston last week. Let’s hope we are “post” COVID. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Update on Kuciemba and Civil Liability for COVID-19 | 03/22/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board is back to in-person hearings and trials. I have reports from the first few practitioners who have had in-person trials again. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: How's the Work Comp 'System' Today? | 03/21/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A panel discussion on the state of the workers’ comp system featuring Alan Pierce, David Langham, John Ruser and Bruce Wood closed the Workers Compensation Research Institute's 38th conference in Boston. ...Read More | |||
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Cottell: Proposed Cannabis Bill Raises Serious Legal Issues | 03/18/2022 | |
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| By: Jennifer A. Cottell | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The New Jersey Assembly recently introduced legislation, A3511, which would force every workers’ compensation, personal injury insurer and health insur...Read More | |||
