Attempts to compel workers to have COVID-19 vaccinations have caused controversy since shortly after the vaccines became available two years ago, and inevitably courts have had to rule on the issue. In perhaps the most high-profile ruling, in January the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Biden administration rule that employers with at least 100 …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration continued to crack down on safety violations in 2022, including on repeat offenders. For the third year, a Schaumburg, Illinois-based excavating contractor received OSHA citations for failing to adhere to safety measures designed to keep trench workers safe from potentially lethal cave-ins. The agency proposed penalties of $118,962. A. Lamp …
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A fatal shoplifting incident led to a safety citation for a budget retailer this year after federal regulators found that the chain did not train staff sufficiently to respond to in-store thefts. The Department of Labor cited a Family Dollar Inc. store in Orlando, Florida, for willful and repeat safety violations and proposed $330,446 in …
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While the workers compensation industry remains profitable, and injury frequency continues to decline year over year, concerns over the so-called severity trend continued to plague the industry. A story analyzing the industry’s concerns over the impact of aging workers and expensive comorbidities on injury severity and the accompanying increase in medical costs was the 10th …
Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the state’s Special Compensation Fund is not liable to pay permanent partial disability benefits if a worker’s preexisting condition did not cause a disability. In Pave v. Production Processing, Inc., the court took up a consolidated pair of appeals involving workers who were injured on the job …
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The approaching end of the year has brought a flurry of executive moves and changes. Source link
Louisiana workers compensation rates will see a 12.2% reduction in 2023, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced on Wednesday. The decrease, set to take effect on May 1, 2023, continues a downward trend the state has seen for nine out of the past 10 years. Mr. Donelon said in a statement that Louisiana’s workers comp market …
An Illinois appeals court has partially reversed a Workers’ Compensation Commission ruling overturning an arbitrator’s issuance of temporary total disability benefits to a retail worker injured during a December 2018 workplace accident. In McGaha v. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinois on Tuesday partially overturned a May Wayne County …
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A Florida cannabis company announced Thursday that it has reached a voluntary agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and that it will help the agency study issues regarding hazardous chemicals in marijuana production. Trulieve Cannabis Corp. was originally fined $35,219 for three serious violations, two of which were withdrawn: “safety data sheet” and providing …
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Workers compensation insurance premiums for most Tennessee businesses will decline in 2023, marking the 10th year in a row that the state has seen reductions. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance announced Tuesday that an order approving a 10.2% overall loss cost decrease for the voluntary market would begin March 1, 2023, for new …
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