Workers Comp

Minnesota lawmakers on Wednesday introduced two bills that would address workplace safety issues for warehouse and meatpacking industry workers. H.B. 36 addresses quotas for those working in warehouses for merchandise and mail-order houses, requiring employers to provide any work expectations, such as work-speed requirements, in writing to employees and that restroom breaks shall be considered …

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Missouri lawmakers will be considering legislation that would provide workers compensation presumptions for first responders for heart disease, certain cancers, hypertension and various infectious diseases. COVID-19 would be included under the “severe acute respiratory syndrome” category of infectious diseases. H.B. 568, read for the first time Wednesday, states that diseases “shall be presumed to be …

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The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday made public a notice of a proposed change to its rules on post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by first responders who witness “grievous bodily harm of a nature that shocks the conscience” to include correctional officers. Existing law currently identifies eight separate injuries that qualify as “grievous bodily …

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Mississippi lawmakers are looking to increase the maximum total recovery time in workers compensation cases by 16 months. Legislators on Wednesday filed House Bill 200, which would increase maximum total recovery to 520 weeks, from the current 450 weeks. Compensation for cases involving worker disability or death still cannot exceed two-thirds of the average weekly …

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(Reuters) — Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. reported a net quarterly loss Thursday as it took a $6.5 billion opioid litigation charge, sending its shares down nearly 2% in premarket trade. Walgreens and rivals CVS Health Corp. and Walmart Inc. agreed in November to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve thousands of state and local lawsuits accusing the pharmacy chains of mishandling …

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Attention employers everywhere, especially in Texas, in the mushroom business, or in Florida, in toilet paper production: there’s a new tool that gathers data on where the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may be going next. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. in late December launched its interactive “OSHA Tracker,” giving users anywhere the …

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New York construction companies that are found criminally liable for worker injuries or deaths will face a fine of up to $1 million, under legislation recently signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The governor also signed a bill declaring no finding or decision from the Workers’ Compensation Board, judge or arbiter will have collateral estoppel effect …

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Researchers have discovered a link between exposures to workplace inhalants and rheumatoid arthritis and are calling on employers to better protect workers. A study published in the “Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases” says workers exposed to fumes from gases, vapors and solvents are at a heightened risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, an auto-immune disease characterized …

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The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a determination by the state’s Medical Commission that an injured construction laborer was not entitled to permanent total disability benefits because of scant evidence supporting the man’s claim. In Friday’s ruling, the high court sided with the Wyoming Medical Commission, which had affirmed a decision of the Department of …

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