Gaurav Vasisht, executive director and CEO of the New York State Insurance Fund, discusses the findings of the workers comp insurer’s recent study on long COVID and the outlook for pricing in the comp sector. Source link
Medical providers offering care to injured workers vary greatly by specialty, as doctors such as orthopedic surgeons and pain management specialists are more likely to have a roster of comp patients than those in primary care services, according to a study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Tuesday’s study, Workers Compensation Providers: Describing the Marketplace, …
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Montana lawmakers have filed legislation that would increase the amount of total disability benefits for injured employees in workers compensation claims. House Bill 923, which was pre-filed for Wednesday, would increase weekly compensation benefits for workers out on both temporary total disability and permanent total disability from the current 66 2/3% to 100% of the …
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A luxury auto dealership in Austin, Texas, has been ordered to pay $15,000 to a worker who in 2020 voiced concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and was fired as a result, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday. Hi Tech Imports LLC, operating as Porsche Austin, has already reinstated the worker and paid …
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New research shows that black lung disease is on the rise among modern coal miners. Coal miners, particularly those in central Appalachia, are more likely than their predecessors to die from pneumoconiosis, progressive massive fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer, according to a recent study from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has affirmed more than $1 million in fines against an Alabama automotive parts manufacturer after the 2016 workplace death of a 20-year-old machine operator who had worked at the plant for only about three months. In a decision posted Thursday, the commission affirmed penalties against Cusseta-based Joon …
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A bill that would permit injured workers and/or surviving family members to sue an employer following a workplace incident that is found to be the result of gross negligence or a crime is set to be considered by the Maine Senate on Tuesday. L.D. 1385 would amend existing workers compensation law to provide “that an …
A California medical device manufacturing company is accused of willfully overexposing employees to dangerous levels of ethylene oxide, a toxic chemical associated with cancer development and reproductive health problems. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced Tuesday it issued $838,800 in penalties against Carson, California-based Parter Medical Products Inc. over claims it failed …
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New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate all language in the state’s workers compensation law that would stop surviving spouses who are receiving death benefits from losing such benefits upon remarriage. A.B. 5788, introduced Thursday and sent to the labor committee, amends current law that states a surviving spouse would lose …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on Thursday penalties against a McDonald’s franchise in Morristown, Tennessee, after a 15-year-old employee suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer. While conducting a wage and hour investigation, OSHA discovered that Faris Enterprises of TN LLC, operator of the McDonald’s restaurant, illegally allowed the teenager …
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