Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Painting Contractor Cited by OSHA After Worker Falls 80 Feet from Water Tower
Jul 26 2024 // A New Jersey contractor whose employee fell 80 feet to the bottom of a Bayville water tower has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for allegedly failing to provide required...
Wife of Ex-Texas Trucking Magnate Sentenced in $9M Work Comp Fraud Scheme
Jul 24 2024 // The wife of a former San Antonio trucking magnate was sentenced this month in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. Frances Hall, former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking, was sentenced for her role in a scheme to avoid $9...
Former Postal Worker Sentenced to Probation for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jul 22 2024 // A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to probation. Lakisha Hines was sentenced Thursday after pleading...
Minnesota Workers’ Comp System Stable Despite COVID-19 Impact
Jul 17 2024 // Workers’ compensation claim rates and benefits paid in Minnesota continue to be stable or follow their long-term downward trajectories, a new Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) report shows. The 2024 Minnesota...
Washington Adult Home Operator Facing Felony Charge in Alleged Workers’ Comp Scam
Jul 17 2024 // A Spokane, Washington woman who ran an adult family home while claiming she was too injured to work faces a felony charge in a $60,000 workers’ compensation fraud case. Serah Kamau, 52, reportedly operated her...
Amazon Worker Injured Due to Repetitive Tasks Loses Workers’ Compensation Bid
Jul 17 2024 // An Amazon distribution center worker in Virginia whose job entailed repetitive lifting and stowing of items all day and who suffered rotator cuff tears has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she...
Navigating Hard-to-Place Workers’ Compensation: A Path Forward for High-Risk Businesses
Jul 17 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia. Frank Fasano, Director of Sales at ToughComp, a Trucordia business, shares insight from his years of experience working within industries that experience challenges...
Georgia Governor Reappoints Bahl to Workers’ Comp Board
Jul 16 2024 // Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has reaapointed Neera Bahl to another term on the state Board of Workers’ Compensation. The three-member board, which includes Director Benjamin Vinson and Chairman Frank McKay, acts as the...
SC Supreme Court Urges Legislative Fix to Pre-existing Health Issue in Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2024 // South Carolina lawmakers next year may be asked to revamp a workers’ compensation employment test that judges have relied on for more than 50 years, if the state Supreme Court has its way. The court last week said...
Inflation, the Economy and Workers’ Comp: A Positive Outlook
Jul 15 2024 // Inflation is cooling, employment growth is normalizing and the workers’ compensation outlook is good, according to a national economist specializing in workers’ compensation. The economy and the...
Impacts of Economic Changes on California Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2024 // Projected changes to California workers’ comp claims frequency and severity due to industry mix of employment are negligible through 2026, while employment in most industries fully recovered from the initial pandemic...
Cal/OSHA Board Adopts Workplace Standard for Indoor Heat
Jul 15 2024 // A California workplace safety oversight board adopted a new standard for indoor workplaces to enact safety measures when the temperature reaches 87°F. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved an indoor...
Massachusetts Orders 14.6% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Jul 15 2024 // Massachusetts businesses will see an average 14.6% reduction in workers’ compensation rates–a cut that is almost twice the size of what the insurance industry’s rating bureau proposed in its filing. The...
Excessive Heat Concerns in Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2024 // With temperatures pushing above 90 degrees in parts of the Midwest and Northeast United States, many American workers are clocking in during what AccuWeather described as an “intense heat wave that is impacting more...
California Insurance Commissioner OKs Lower Workers’ Comp Benchmark Rate
Jul 12 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today issued a decreased pure premium rate for workers’ compensation insurance, lowering the annual benchmark rate from $1.41 to $1.38 per $100 of payroll—...
Report: Fewer Claims but Higher Losses for California Workers’ Comp Private Self-Insureds
Jul 9 2024 // Private self-insured claim volume in the California workers’ compensation system fell 9.5% in 2023, the biggest year-to-year decline in private self-insured claim frequency in more than 15 years. However,...
OSHA Alleges Roofer Put Own Kids at Risk on Job
Jul 9 2024 // The owner of a Liverpool, Pennsylvania roofing company risked the lives of two of his children by exposing them to falls from heights while they worked on roofs atop a Mechanicsburg apartment complex in June 2024, an...
OSHA Fines Georgia Sawmill $267,300 After Death of Worker
Jul 5 2024 // A Georgia sawmill could have prevented the death of a 24-year-old worker last year if it had followed safety procedures and federal regulations, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in fining the...
Report: Medical Costs for Workers’ Comp Rose 11% Nationally
Jul 3 2024 // Medical costs for workers’ compensation increased nationally 11% and first-party claims grew 5% over the last four years, a new report shows. Enlyte’s “Quarterly Medical Price Index (MPI) Report,”...
Marshall Elected Chair of Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jul 2 2024 // Wesley G. Marshall has been elected to a three-year term as chairman of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC), effective July 1, 2024. He succeeds Commissioner Robert A. Rapaport, whose term ended June...
