Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Critics Want Ohio Watchdog’s Workers’ Comp ‘Coingate’ Report
Oct 16 2012 // Ohio’s state watchdog hasn’t yet released an investigative report on state’s workers’ compensation fund investment scandal that engulfed Ohio in 2005 — and critics want to know why. With the...
Authorities Shut Down N.Y. Nightclub for Skimping on Workers’ Comp
Oct 16 2012 // A popular Brooklyn, N.Y., nightclub called “Amnesia” has been shut down because it apparently forgot to provide workers’ comp insurance for its staff, according to authorities. Brooklyn Daily, a local...
Study: White Construction Workers in Illinois Get Higher Work Comp Settlements
Oct 15 2012 // White non-Hispanic construction workers are awarded higher workers’ compensation settlements in Illinois than Hispanic or black construction workers with similar injuries and disabilities, according to researchers at...
Panel Upholds Reduced Workers’ Comp Award for Oklahoma Legislator
Oct 15 2012 // An appeals panel has upheld a controversial ruling that Oklahoma state Rep. Mike Christian is due workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he suffered in a 2009 traffic accident. The panel, however, cut the...
State Fund Chief Holds High Expectations for Calif. Workers’ Comp
Oct 14 2012 // If all goes well, workers’ compensation reform in California may yield even greater savings than originally believed. That is according to State Fund President and CEO Tom Rowe, who gave the keynote speech on Friday...
Court Urges Change in Florida Workers’ Compensation Law
Oct 12 2012 // An appellate court is urging the Florida Legislature to reconsider a state law that makes injured employees pay employers’ legal costs if they lose good faith workers’ compensation appeals. A three-judge panel...
Worker’s Injury Sheds Light on China’s Workers’ Comp System, Apple Contractor
Oct 12 2012 // Apple Inc.’s largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker left brain-damaged in a factory accident to be removed from the hospital in a case that throws a harsh new spotlight on labor rights in...
WCRI: N.Y. Workers’ Comp System Reforms Achieving Their Objectives
Oct 11 2012 // The workers’ compensation reforms enacted in New York in 2007 are beginning to achieve some of their objectives, according to a new study. The latest study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI)...
WC Wage Loss Dispute for S.C. Claimant Who Hopes to Start a Restaurant
Oct 11 2012 // An injured crane operator who expressed his aspiration to start a restaurant business got into a pickle during workers’ compensation proceedings — almost getting denied his wage loss claim, until the...
Paychex, Employers to Provide Work Comp to Small Businesses
Oct 11 2012 // EMPLOYERS has entered into an agreement with Paychex Insurance Agency, Inc. to provide small businesses the opportunity to acquire and pay for workers’ compensation insurance when they process payroll through...
Wyo. OSHA Seeks Additional Fines Against Sinclair
Oct 10 2012 // Wyoming’s state workplace safety agency is seeking another $155,000 in fines against Sinclair Oil, this time for a refinery fire that injured four workers in early May. The May 8 fire at the Sinclair Refinery in...
Southern California Educator Arrested For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 9 2012 // A teaching assistant in Southern California has been arrested on several felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Gerard Padilla, 45, an employee of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, has been arrested...
Oklahoma Commissioner Calls for Workers’ Comp Reform
Oct 9 2012 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak says it’s time for the Legislature to address Oklahoma’s biggest economic issue: workers’ compensation reform. “Workers’ compensation costs are...
U.S. Insurers Say Fraud Costs on the Rise: Survey
Oct 9 2012 // Forty-five percent of insurers estimated that insurance fraud costs represent 5-10 percent of their claims volume, while 32 percent said the ratio is as high as 20 percent. This is according to a survey of U.S. insurers...
North Dakota Workers’ Compensation Agency Seeks Directors
Oct 8 2012 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is looking for new members for its board of directors. The terms of six of the 11 directors are ending in December. The board oversees the operation of North...
N.Y. Court: WC Insurer Can Get Credit Against Rape Victim’s Settlement
Oct 8 2012 // A New York court recently ruled that a workers’ comp insurer can take a credit against its claimant’s third-party civil settlement money. The case involves Beth V., who was employed at a juvenile detention...
ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems Fined $172K for Hazards at Texas Site
Oct 8 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems Inc. with 28 serious safety violations at its Fort Worth, Texas, work site for exposing workers to...
Mass. Court Rules on CGL Independent Contractor Exclusion
Oct 8 2012 // A Massachusetts court recently ruled in favor of insurer Lloyd’s in a dispute over a commercial property and general liability policy excluding coverage for independent contractors. The insured, a property...
KBW: ‘No Acceleration of Rates’ Into Traditional Hard Market
Oct 8 2012 // Analysts at investment research firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods recently published a note recapping KBW’s annual insurance conference, held last month in New York. Analysts observed that while the general tone of...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Reform Law at ‘Halftime’
Oct 8 2012 // Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles to look at California’s workers’ compensation reform law in detail and what must be done to implement that law by Jan. 1, 2013. More articles in...
