Oklahoma lawmakers are once again attempting to revise the state’s workers compensation law. Legislators introduced one bill Monday and four on Tuesday that would make changes to the current comp statute. One measure, Senate Bill 739, would dissolve the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims on July 1, 2027, or when the number of claims …
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Non-emergency regulations designed to keep California workers safe from COVID-19 were approved Saturday and will be enforceable for the next two years. California’s Department of Industrial Relations announced that the COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations requiring employers to protect workers from coronavirus hazards went into effect after they were approved by the Office of Administrative Law. …
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A bill that would permit first responders to file workers compensation claims for post-traumatic stress disorder was filed in the Kansas Senate on Monday. S.B. 165 would make amendments to current law, adding post-traumatic stress disorder to that which qualifies as an injury for first responders. The bill defines a first responder as a firefighter, …
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A North Dakota bill aimed at enhancing workers compensation eligibility for firefighters and law enforcement officers was signed into law Monday by Gov. Doug Burgum. The measure, House Bill 1279, revises current comp law by adding a new list of diseases and illnesses qualifying as presumptive work injuries for first responders, and it recognizes years …
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A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for injuries from a fall based on a lack of credibility, but it found his misconduct was not so egregious as to warrant a total loss of future benefits. Alastair Kennedy worked for 3rd Track Constructors as an operating engineer. He suffered injuries October …
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer was not liable for death benefits for the fatal shooting of an employee by her boyfriend at her workplace. Fabeka Hayes worked as a manager of a Church’s Chicken restaurant in New Iberia. While she was in the process of closing the restaurant on May 12, 2020, …
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Three construction companies in Florida were cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in connection with the death this past summer of a 31-year-old worker who died after falling during a roofing job. Contractor Mad Dog Design and Construction Company Inc. and subcontractors Big Hammer LLC and Forgotten Coast Crane Service Inc. were cited …
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CNA Financial Corp. on Monday reported 2022 fourth-quarter net income of $248 million, down 6.8% compared with the same quarter in 2021, as investment income fell and higher catastrophe losses hit the insurer’s underwriting results. CNA reported property/casualty net written premium of $2.28 billion, up 5% from the prior year quarter. The company’s combined ratio …
Maryland lawmakers on Monday presented carryover legislation that would allow licensed certified social workers to diagnose injured workers with mental impairments. H.B. 694, which was scheduled for a hearing March 1, would authorize a licensed certified social worker to “register as a rehabilitation practitioner and would authorize such a social worker to provide evaluation services …
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Illinois lawmakers are considering an emergency temporary regulation that would limit how cumulative trauma workers compensation claims would affect insurance rates and includes language that holds previous employers liable. Introduced Friday, S.B. 1305 states that “(a)ny accidental injury, which results from repetitive or cumulative trauma and occurs within six months after the employee begins his …
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