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Moore: What Happened to Micro-Captive Risk Management? 08/13/2024
By: James Moore
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
Micro-captive risk management was one of the hot topics until the 831(b) captives disappeared from the workers' comp insurance scene. ...Read More
 
 

Montgomery: Mandatory E-Billing Approaches 08/12/2024
By: Catherine Montgomery
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0
New York's Workers’ Compensation Board is asking providers to be proactive and get ahead of a major impending change: Electronic billing will be mandatory by this time next year. ...Read More
 
 

Johnson: SIBTF Study Is a Failure of Analysis 08/09/2024
By: Arthur L. Johnson
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
At the beginning of the 20th century, the “grand bargain” was enacted. That grand bargain provided: ...Read More
 
 

Montgomery: DWC Defies Law, Botches WCIS 08/08/2024
By: Catherine Montgomery
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
Without reliable data, no government can understand — let alone solve — the problems of any major system. Yet California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has openly defied California legislators and failed to gather vital workers’ comp data, in unabashed viol...Read More
 
 

Kamin: Labor Code 4053 and a Suspension of Benefits 08/07/2024
By: John P. Kamin
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
When an applicant refuses to attend a medical evaluation, one of the more straightforward statutes in the Labor Code allows for the court to suspend a case and bar an applicant’s right to benefits. ...Read More
 
 
CAAA: A Victory for App-Based Companies; a Loss for App-Based Workers 08/06/2024
By: CAAA Communications Team
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
On July 25, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, allowing companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash to classify their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. This ruling in Hector Castellanos v. State of California was not unexpected, as observers of the...Read More
 
 

Gelman: Key Lessons and Future Steps for COVID-19 Response 08/02/2024
By: Jon L. Gelman
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0
The "Independent Review of New Jersey’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," conducted by Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, is a comprehensive review that evaluates New Jersey’s preparedness, response and lessons learned during the pandemic. It also...Read More
 
 

Salem: Minimum Comp Rate Applies, Even Against Social Security Offset 08/01/2024
By: Jane Salem
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0
Last week, the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board answered an issue of first impression about statutory construction and in particular whether an employer is entitled to the Social Security offset in Section 50-6-207(4)(A)(i) when applying it lowers an employee’s compens...Read More
 
 

Salem: Panel Upholds Key Sections of Comp Law 07/31/2024
By: Jane Salem
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0
The Tennessee Supreme Court released a panel decision on July 19 finding two significant provisions of the Reform Act constitutional, in Worrell v. Obion County School Distri...Read More
 
 
CAAA: Language Access for Injured Workers 07/30/2024
By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association
State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0
Attorneys who represent non-English-speaking clients in their fight for workers' compensation benefits are facing some very serious consequences in their cases based on a new trend identified by Language Access for Injured Workers. LAIW has raised concerns about insurance carriers sen...Read More
 
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