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Thursday, December 26, 2019

Three Doctors Named Repeat Offenders in Documentation Report

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Texas
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Some of the same physicians named in 2017 as poor performers in documenting workplace injuries in Texas have made the list again this year.

Every

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Safety Violations Could Trigger Exclusive Remedy Exception in Wrongful Death Case

  • State: Idaho
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Exclusively remedy doesn’t apply when an employer "consciously disregarded information suggesting a significant risk" in the workplace, a divided Idaho Supreme Court said last week

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

One Worker Gets Back Pay for Misclassification; Others Feel Chill After NLRB Ruling

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Almost four months after the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a courier service driver in Arkansas is, in fact, an employee of her company,

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Monday, December 23, 2019

Amazon Subcontractors Misclassify Workers, Deny Comp, Report Says

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Virginia
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Subcontractors hired for Amazon's building and remodeling projects in Virginia have engaged in widespread misclassification of workers, denying them full wages and workers' compensation benefits,

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Monday, December 23, 2019

Study Highlights Talent Shortage and Need for Advocacy Based Training

  • by Tonika Reed (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

In Rising Medical Solutions’ seventh annual Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study researchers exploring claims operational issues from the perspective of  claims processors uncovered matters regarding the

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Friday, December 20, 2019

Law Firm Offers Service for Doctors Sick of Comp Paperwork

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Louisiana
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

Physicians who treat injured workers have long complained about the amount of paperwork they must handle, not to mention the frequent denials by insurers on

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Construction Fatalities Drop, but Trucking Deaths Continue to Rise, DWC Says

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Texas
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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While the number of workplace fatalities nationwide has remained about the same in recent years, the number in Texas has declined, particularly in the high-risk construction business,

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Labor Agency Posts AB 5 Info Page; Second Complaint Challenges New Law

  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency launched a webpage to help employers and workers comply with the new employment test created by Assembly Bill

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Federal Farmworker Bill Mandates Coverage for Occupational Injuries

  • by Tonika Reed (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Employer
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The House of Representatives approved a bill that would ensure that employers provide some form of workers’ compensation coverage for temporary agricultural workers and create

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Exhaustive Report Recommends Broader Cancer Presumption, Cumulative Trauma Benefits

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Virginia
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A long-awaited report from the Virginia legislature's audit and review commission — the first comprehensive look at the state's workers' compensation system in 30 years

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