Two California mushroom farms – one of which was the site of a workplace shooting by a disgruntled employee that resulted in the deaths of seven migrant workers – will pay nearly $530,000 in back wages and damages following an investigation for unsafe housing conditions. The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday announced the financial …
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An Illinois roofing contractor has agreed to pay $365,576 in penalties stemming from a workplace safety citation after the U.S. Department of Labor moved to seize his company’s assets. The DOL said Tuesday that Waukegan-based roofer Joshua Herion and his company, ECS Roofing Professionals Inc. — which had been cited nine times dating back to …
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A trial judge correctly determined that ride-share company Lyft Inc. has no legal duty to conduct criminal background checks on passengers, the decision stemming from an incident in which a driver was stabbed by a rider with a criminal record, the California Court of Appeal ruled Friday. Lyft driver Abdu Lkader Al Shikha, who was …
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Business Insurance is accepting nominations for the 2024 Alonzo Herndon Award, which recognizes an individual dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion efforts in the insurance industry. The award program, launched in 2021, is named in honor of a visionary businessman who, more than 100 years ago, founded Atlanta Life Insurance Co., one of the United …
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday reversed a workers compensation judge’s decision denying a penalty petition filed by an injured worker who says her employer wrongly denied reimbursement for medical marijuana out-of-pocket costs. The Commonwealth Court ruled that Maxim Healthcare Services violated the state’s workers compensation law when it refused to reimburse the employee for …
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A worker who died in a vehicle accident whose estate was barred from suing because of workers compensation exclusive remedy still should have been considered an insured in his company’s uninsured motorist policy, allowing the estate to pursue a claim in federal court, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The state high court was asked …
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Ohio lawmakers Wednesday introduced a bill that would help first responders suffering from “psych conditions.” H.B. 559 applies to “peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical workers diagnosed with psychiatric conditions arising from employment without an accompanying physical injury.” Under current law such workers are able to claim workers compensation for psychiatric conditions only if a …
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The annual ranking of the highest-paid broker executives is the runaway leader in this week’s BI Top 10. Also of note: Berkshire Hathaway’s big stake in Chubb. Source link
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries on Wednesday said it fined two central Washington companies over the asphyxiation of an agricultural worker in October 2023. The agency cited Pace International LLC and Stemilt Growers for “willful” and “serious” violations over the workplace death, which took place as the employee was applying a fungicide …
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Dave North, executive chairman of Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., will receive the 2024 Business Insurance Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding accomplishments in the claims, insurance and risk management sector. He will accept the award during the Business Insurance U.S. Insurance Awards on July 18 in New York. Mr. North began his career in the …
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