Workers Comp

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Monday signed into law legislation that offers some public sector employees certain workplace protections regarding the use of medical marijuana. The new law, which had been introduced as House Bill 149, prevents certain public sector employers from firing, disciplining or discriminating against employees’ lawful use of medical cannabis oil. The …

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A Tennessee workers compensation court ruled Monday that a worker who alleged he was injured after contracting COVID-19 on the job was not entitled to benefits. The Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims granted a motion to dismiss filed by Facility Installation Service in a case by Darold Swanson, who claims he contracted COVID-19 from …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday that it cited a St. Louis-based roofing contractor for repeat violations after inspectors observed workers exposed to fall hazards at five residential work sites in November 2023. OSHA cited HR Vasquez Construction LLC for 13 violations – nine repeat, three serious and one other-than-serious, and proposed …

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Lawmakers in California will be considering a bill that would require employers to stock anti-opioid overdose medication in their required first aid kits. A.B. 1976, made public Thursday and sent to an appropriations committee, would require the standards board with the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, to draft a …

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A New York appellate court said Thursday that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board erred when it failed to consider the results of an audiogram during an independent medical examination in a case involving a worker’s alleged occupational hearing loss. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York reversed a comp board’s decision in …

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed into law a bill that opens up the pool of providers permitted to handle claims involving injured workers. The governor signed House Bill 401, which authorizes physicians licensed in any state to treat claimants in workers compensation claims. Kentucky had limited workers comp treating physicians to doctors licensed …

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The Pennsylvania Insurance Department and Department of Labor & Industry on Thursday announced a 7.88% reduction in loss costs, which is expected to lead to lower workers compensation premiums for many state businesses. Regulators said the latest filing is in line with other reductions over the past several years. Regulators said workers comp insurance premium …

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A Pennsylvania appellate court on Thursday said a workers compensation judge erred in ruling that a worker injured in 2006 had the burden to show that his ongoing medical issues were connected to the workplace accident.   The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court partially reversed a workers comp judge’s decision denying a medical review petition by Norman …

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A Florida appellate court on Wednesday reversed a decision granting summary judgment to a contractor who was sued by a worker who alleges he was injured during a fall while he was securing a tarp to the roof of a two-story residence in preparation for an insurance inspection. The Florida Third District Court of Appeal …

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