A New York bill to allow injured workers to pursue litigation in the court system following administrative workers compensation rulings has been sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul. Senate Bill 9149 would amend the state’s workers compensation law to state that, “no finding or decision by the workers’ compensation board, judge or other arbiter shall be …
The California workers compensation system reported an increase of 1,005 COVID-19 claims from October to November, the first increase in such claim volume since June, according to a report released Tuesday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI said the claim volume increase is likely attributed in part to the BA.5, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 …
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Pandemic workplace safety duties coupled with a steady drop in the number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors since 2014 have challenged the agency, legal experts say. “It’s objectively true that OSHA has been shrinking, and the staff has been shrinking year over year for a while — really going back to the (2013) …
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A New York bill that would expand the pool of workers covered by workers compensation mental injury claims is now headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her consideration. Senate Bill 6373 was advanced to the governor’s office on Monday after it cleared both chambers of the legislature in majority votes in May and June, respectively. …
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has affirmed two workplace citations issued to a telecommunications contractor after an employee died while performing aerial work on fiberoptic cable in January 2020. The commission on Friday affirmed $24,290 in penalties stemming from two serious violation citations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Brookfield, …
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Emergency room visits by injured workers showed “substantial variation” across 28 states, even for the same injuries, calling into question whether some state programs push the more expensive care at the onset of an injury regardless of medical necessity, according to a report released Monday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. In 2021, emergency room …
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A New York bill to create a heart disease presumption for corrections officers and sheriff’s deputies participating in the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System was vetoed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday. The bipartisan measure, Assembly Bill 4607, would have amended New York’s retirement and social security law to state that any …
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The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday reversed a lower court decision that had barred death benefits to the widow of a university worker. The high court, ruling in McAuley v. North Carolina A&T State University, said the North Carolina Court of Appeals erred in upholding the North Carolina Industrial Commission’s determination that it did …
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California regulators on Thursday adopted non-emergency regulations designed to stem the transmission of the COVID-19 virus in the workplace. The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board passed the COVID-19 prevention non-emergency regulations, which, if approved by the Office of Administrative Law, would remain in effect for the next two years. The regulations mandate that …
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday it has cited online retailer Amazon for failing to properly record and report work-related injuries and illnesses and proposed penalties totaling $29,008. OSHA said it issued Amazon citations for 14 recordkeeping violations, including failing to properly record worker injuries and illnesses, misclassifying injuries and illnesses, not reporting …
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