Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
OSHA Fines Boston’s Dumpling Maker Chinese Spaghetti Factory $190K
Jul 25 2023 // When federal workplace safety inspectors returned to a Boston food plant in March 2023, they said they discovered the plant’s operator — Chinese Spaghetti Factory Inc. — still had not installed required safety...
Dollar General Again Caught in OSHA’s Crosshairs; Retailer’s Fines Top $21M in 6 Years
Jul 19 2023 // Federal workplace safety inspectors at two Tampa, Florida-area Dollar General stores said they found the company again exposing employees to fire hazards and other unsafe conditions, continuing the long history of worker...
Workers’ Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers: AM Best
Jul 18 2023 // Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace...
People Moves: Fred C. Church Promotes Burbine; Rodriguez Reappointed Chair of New York Workers’ Comp
Jul 18 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Promotes Burbine to SVP, Sales Leader Fred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Bill Burbine to senior vice president, sales leader. Burbine’s insurance career began...
Workers’ Comp and Mental Health: Panel Examines Why Worker Wellbeing Matters
Jul 17 2023 // American workers are struggling. Employee stress has reached record highs. Symptoms and formal diagnoses of mental illnesses like anxiety, depression and PTSD are rising. Substance abuse disorders are up, too — as...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Combined Losses and Expenses in 2022 Were $15B
Jul 17 2023 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2022. Key findings in the report include: Medical losses paid in 2022 were...
Connecticut High Court Nixes Workers’ Comp for Firefighter With Heart Condition
Jul 17 2023 // A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in reversing an appeals court and state...
NIP Group Expands TreePro Program to Include Small and Large Workers Compensation Programs, Utility Line Clearance Contractors, and More
Jul 13 2023 // WOODBRIDGE, NJ, July 13, 2023 — NIP Group, a leading specialty insurance provider, is excited to announce the relaunch and expansion of its renowned TreePro® program. With the inclusion of small and very large Workers...
California Insurance Commissioner Issues Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rate Filing Decision
Jul 12 2023 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a decision regarding the workers’ compensation insurance pure premium rate filing that average $1.46 per $100 of payroll, 2.6% below the average of the approved...
Workers’ Compensation Undercuts Employer Liability Exclusion, U.S. Appeals Court Rules
Jul 11 2023 // Since workers’ compensation shields an employer from liability, an insurer may not be able to rely on an employer liability exclusion in a commercial general liability policy to avoid claims. That’s the...
$40M Lawsuit by Virginia Teacher Who Was Shot: Civil Court or Workers’ Compensation?
Jul 11 2023 // Lawyers for a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can start the process of interviewing eyewitnesses, reviewing the boy`s disciplinary files and accessing other records for a $40 million lawsuit...
Vermont Workers’ Comp Changes, Including for Children and Firefighters, Now in Effect
Jul 5 2023 // Vermont’s workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability and for dependent children, as well as the work search requirement for injured workers returning to the job market, changed starting July...
Report Looks at Long COVID Claims in California Workers’ Comp
Jul 3 2023 // Roughly 13% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments received treatments for long COVID symptoms in the workers’ compensation system, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...
Injured Workers Pharmacy to Pay $10M for Improper Handling of ‘Red Flag’ Prescriptions
Jun 30 2023 // Andover, Massachusetts-based Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP) has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by improperly filling prescriptions for controlled substances,...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Combined Losses and Expenses in 2022 Were $15B
Jun 29 2023 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2022. Key findings in the report include: Medical losses paid in 2022 were...
DA’s Office Charges California Contractors with Workers’ Comp Fraud and Conspiracy
Jun 28 2023 // Individuals from two construction companies in California’s Bay Area were arraigned on charges of conspiring to misclassify workers to avoid paying workers’ compensation insurance, payroll taxes and insurance...
Workers’ Comp and Mental Health: Panel Examines Why Worker Wellbeing Matters
Jun 26 2023 // American workers are struggling. Employee stress has reached record highs. Symptoms and formal diagnoses of mental illnesses like anxiety, depression and PTSD are rising. Substance abuse disorders are up, too – as are...
OSHA cites Wisconsin Processing Plant for Multiple Violations After Worker Suffers Crushing Injuries
Jun 26 2023 // Federal safety inspectors responded to a Wisconsin employer’s report of an amputation found workers at a Green Bay, Wisconsin beef processing plant exposed to multiple hazards, including inadequate guards to protect...
Connecticut High Court Nixes Workers’ Comp for Firefighter With Heart Condition
Jun 26 2023 // A firefighter must be shown to have worked 20 or more hours a week to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in reversing an appeals court and state...
OSHA Cites Jacksonville Center for ‘Shocking’ Amounts of Violence on Workers
Jun 20 2023 // Federal safety regulators have fined a Jacksonville behavioral hospital more than $15,000 over what they called “shocking” findings, including almost 200 violent attacks on workers in one year. Workers at...
