Workers Comp

Walmart Inc. has agreed to a $500,000 settlement with Massachusetts for allegedly violating the state’s prescription pricing procedures designed to keep workers compensation costs down, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday. The retailer did not admit any wrongdoing in connection with the settlement. The state’s workers compensation system sets limits on the costs of …

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A U.S. Department of Labor proposal that could put more independent contractors in the employee category has the potential to shake up business models, workers compensation experts say. “This can be a really big deal, especially in the gig, shared economy,” said Ben Powers, Atlanta-based executive vice president and head of large & complex casualty …

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A salt mine operated by Morton Salt Inc. last week was hit with a U.S. Department of Labor notice for a pattern of violations of mandatory health and safety standards under the federal Mine Safety and Health Act. The POV notice is the first issued to a U.S. mine operator since 2014. The Mine Safety …

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Utah company $304,556 in connection with the deaths of two coal workers in Colorado in June. The agency said Monday that inspectors determined Utah-based Savage Services Corp., a provider of industry infrastructure and supply chain services, failed to follow national safety standards and did not properly …

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Lawmakers in South Carolina have filed three bills in the last week that would make post-traumatic stress disorder a compensable illness for first responders. S.B. 81 and S.B. 82, now with the Senate Judiciary Committee, would amend the state’s workers compensation code to include an injury “rising from the first responder’s involvement in a significant …

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday it has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc., which operates Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores, for safety hazards found at a store in Georgia. OSHA said safety inspectors found improperly secured compressed gas cylinders and unsafely stacked boxes of merchandise at the Family Dollar store in Richmond …

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A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a retaliation lawsuit filed by a cook at a Popeyes Louisiana Chicken restaurant in Riverview, Florida, who was beaten by coworkers. Thurman Goodman reported in March 2016 to Florida Pop LLC, which owned the franchise, that another cook had been drinking on the job. Later that night that …

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A Florida appellate court said a police officer who filed a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder after responding to a school shooting was eligible for benefits because while the incident happened before a change in state law, his disability didn’t begin until he was placed on administrative leave. The claimant was a police officer for …

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NEW YORK — Progress has been made, but organizations still have work to do to build inclusive cultures where more women can advance into leadership roles in the insurance industry, according to a panel of speakers Thursday at the 2022 Business Insurance Women to Watch Awards & Leadership Conference.   Diversity, equity and inclusion is something that the …

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