Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Number of Compound Drug Prescriptions Falling in Texas Workers’ Comp System
Jun 26 2017 // A report released in May by the Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation shows that while the number of compounded drug prescriptions in the workers’ comp system grew between 2010 and...
Massachusetts Worker Injured on the Job Wins $750K Jury Award
Jun 26 2017 // A Massachusetts jury has recently awarded $750,000 to a man who suffered severe leg injuries while working for a landscaping business that did not carry workers’ compensation insurance. A lawyer for 52-year-old Jose...
California Chamber and 2 Workers’ Comp Groups File Brief in Utilization Review Case
Jun 23 2017 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the California Chamber of Commerce and the California Coalition of Workers’ Compensation have filed a joint amicus brief in Stevens v. WCAB, the long-running...
NYC Fire Officials Say Three Workers Injured at Construction Site
Jun 22 2017 // Three construction workers were injured in Queens when the roof of a two-story brownstone undergoing renovations collapsed. It happened on 28th Road in Astoria just before 4 p.m. Tuesday. Fire officials say a load of...
WCRI Researchers Compare States on Injured Workers Returning to Work
Jun 21 2017 // From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing outcomes for injured workers in six...
2 Common Workers’ Comp Mistakes
Jun 21 2017 // Thank you, Kevin Ring, for this guest post. Kevin is our guest instructor this week at Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance and is Lead Workers’ Compensation Analyst at the Institute for WorkComp...
Investigation Solutions Assists in $32 Million Employer Fraud Case
Jun 21 2017 // San Diego, CA, June 21, 2017- Investigation Solutions, Inc. (ISI) worked alongside the California Department of Insurance in a $32 million workers’ compensation fraud case that resulted in an arrest earlier this...
Arrowhead in California Launches Hard-to-Place Workers’ Comp Subsidiary
Jun 20 2017 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. in San Diego, Calif. has launched a workers’ compensation wholesale brokerage arm that provides market access and specializes in harder-to-place risks and multi-state...
South Dakota Workers’ Comp Lawyers Say Insurers’ Plan Would Limit Worker Rights
Jun 19 2017 // Lawyers who represent injured workers in South Dakota are preparing for a proposal from the insurance industry that would limit their ability to pursue legal claims against insurance companies that are intentionally...
Whirlpool Risk Manager Strives to Solve Problems Before They Occur
Jun 19 2017 // A big part of risk management is acting to prevent problems before they happen — whether it involves the health and safety of employees, outside market forces, or mergers and acquisitions, according to the risk...
Work Comp Income Benefits Fall Short
Jun 19 2017 // Adequacy of income benefits is one of the long-standing concerns about the performance of workers’ compensation systems. However, there is little known about whether income benefits (also called wage-loss or...
Mass. Court Says Suspended Public Employee Can Receive Workers’ Comp
Jun 19 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an injured public employee is still eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits after being suspended from employment. The court concluded workers’...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends Psychiatrist for Fraud
Jun 19 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended Pasadena psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system following his conviction in Riverside...
California Business Owner Nabbed in $32M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 19 2017 // Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested Gina Marie Gregori, 55, of Lafayette, for allegedly underreporting payroll and duping insurers out of $32 million. Gregori was charged with 19 felony counts...
Harbor Gets California Department of Workers’ Comp OK for Telemedicine
Jun 16 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Harbor Health Systems it is one of the first companies to receive approval from the California Department of Workers’ Compensation to offer telemedicine through its medical provider...
New York Approves Workers’ Comp Renewal Notice Legislation
Jun 16 2017 // Final legislation has been approved in New York that aims to enable insurance agents to better serve workers’ compensation clients if signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The legislation was developed by the...
Report: California Wage Increase Will Require Hike in 2018 Comp Benefits
Jun 14 2017 // California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose more than 3.6 percent to $1,206.92 in the year ending March 31, which the California Workers’ Compensation Institute said will boost temporary total disability and...
3 Named to Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council
Jun 14 2017 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has reappointed one and appointed two others to the three to the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. The council monitors and reports to the governor and the legislature on the...
West Virginia Supreme Court: No Workers’ Comp Benefits For Inmates
Jun 13 2017 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that inmates participating in work-release programs do not qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the court unanimously affirmed a...
Workers’ Compensation Income Benefits Fall Short for Injured Workers: WCRI
Jun 12 2017 // Adequacy of income benefits is one of the long-standing concerns about the performance of workers’ compensation systems. However, there is little known about whether income benefits (also called wage-loss or...
