Oregon employers will pay an average of 6.7% less for workers compensation coverage in 2024, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Wednesday. The decrease will mark 11 years of average reductions in the state’s pure premium rate for workers comp; rates have declined by 49% since 2015, the department said. The National …
The U.S. Labor Department on Thursday announced it has obtained an order requiring a Wisconsin sawmill operator to make certain compliance efforts after a teen worker suffered fatal injuries this summer. Green Bay-based Florence Hardwoods LLC must place labels and signage at its sawmill warning workers under the age of 18 about the hazards involved …
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed a bill that increases the minimum weekly workers compensation benefit over a three-year period. Ms. Hochul signed S1161/A2034, which will increase the minimum weekly permanent partial disability and temporary partial disability to $275 in 2024. The minimum weekly benefit, last increased in May 2013, is currently $150. …
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Commercial auto, business owners policy, general liability, commercial property and umbrella coverages saw month-over-month increases in average premium renewal rates in August, while premium renewal rates decreased for workers compensation, according to a report Thursday from Ivans Insurance Services, a unit of Applied Systems Inc. Commercial property renewal rates led the charge up, rising 10.56%, …
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Nursing homes with unionized employees are more likely to report workplace illness and injury data to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration than nonunionized facilities, according to a report in the journal Health Affairs. The Tuesday report, compiled by researchers from George Washington University, shows that unionization has led to increased employer compliance on …
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Firefighters in Connecticut who are diagnosed with cancer and meet several conditions will qualify for workers compensation benefits starting Oct. 1 under the state’s new budget, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. The law, as part of the biennial state budget for 2023-25, creates a presumption “during the review process of a workers compensation claim …
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Retailers are reporting rising incidents of theft as regulators aim to make workplaces safe from violence — two facets of business life that caused much haggling in California over a pending bill that would have made it illegal for retailers to require workers to stop shoplifters. S.B. 553, as amended by the California Assembly on …
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The Delaware Supreme Court ruled the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act permits employers and insurers to assert subrogation liens against benefits paid to injured workers through uninsured motorist policies for injuries previously compensated through comp. In Horizon Services Inc. and Eastern Alliance Insurance Co. v. John Henry and The Cincinnati Insurance Co., decided Friday, the high …
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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission vacated a citation and fine against building materials manufacturer Louisiana-Pacific Corp., which had been cited after a worker’s arm was injured when it was caught in a machine at a mill in Thomasville, Alabama. In its decision announced last week, the OSHRC said the Occupational Safety and Health …
The owner of an Avon, Colorado, construction company whose failure to follow required federal safety standards caused a worker death in a trench collapse will be sentenced in November after pleading guilty to manslaughter in August, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced. The plea follows a criminal referral by the U.S. Department of Labor …
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