The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it cited a poultry processing plant following the death of a 16-year-old sanitation worker at a Mississippi plant in July. OSHA cited Gainesville, Georgia-based Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC after the teen worker, on contract with Onin Staffing LLC, was pulled into a machine while sanitizing the …
The National Council on Compensation Insurance on Tuesday announced the release of NCCI Atlas, an online tool designed to give workers compensation stakeholders an easier way by which to view state and national industry information. Users of the platform will be able to view state workers comp manual information by a single state, multiple states …
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A New York health center has agreed to pay $195,000 to an employee who was fired at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic after refusing to attend an in-person meeting over fears of contracting the virus. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday that Staten Island-based Community Health Center of Richmond Inc. and its …
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A New York health center has agreed to pay $195,000 to an employee who was fired at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic after refusing to attend an in-person meeting over fears of contracting the virus. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday that Staten Island-based Community Health Center of Richmond Inc. and its …
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Rhode Island lawmakers are considering amendments to the state’s existing post-traumatic stress disorder presumption for first responders to include those performing work off-duty. S.B. 2059, introduced Friday and sent to the Finance Committee, states that events that occur “involving the protection or the rescue of human life while off-duty” would qualify as work when applying …
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West Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand which professionals can diagnose a first responder with post-traumatic stress disorder. H.B. 4698, introduced Monday and sent to the Committee on Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services, then Health and Human Resources, then Finance, would eliminate language in the state’s statute on PTSD presumptions that …
West Virginia lawmakers want to repeal state law that makes “prime contractors” liable for the failure of subcontractors to carry workers compensation coverage. H.B. 4787, introduced Friday and sent to the Committee on Workforce Development, states that lead contractors would not be responsible for a subcontractor’s failure to “properly” make payments for workers comp coverage. …
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Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide employers a definition of occupational illness for workers who may be eligible for workers compensation. S.B. 520, introduced Tuesday and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor, would further define occupational disease in the state’s workers compensation law to include “injuries or diseases from conditions …
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Arizona lawmakers have pre-filed a bill that would expand the state’s post-traumatic stress disorder presumption to include dispatchers among those who would qualify. H.B. 2492 would revise the state’s PTSD presumption bill to clarify who qualifies for benefits. It would replace the term “policemen” with “peace officers” and clarify that emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters …
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Lawmakers in Rhode Island introduced legislation Thursday that would bar employers from discriminating against workers who assert their right to collect workers compensation benefits. House Bill 7173 would amend the state’s workers compensation law to prohibit employers from firing, refusing to hire or otherwise discriminating against those who file workers comp claims after suffering a …
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