Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Bill Hits Snag in House
Apr 4 2012 // A bill that would revise Mississippi’s workers’ compensation system survived attempts to kill it this week, but ended up further away from passage. After earlier rejecting proposed changes to the system of...
North Carolina Vows Crackdown on Workers’ Compensation Scofflaws
Apr 4 2012 // Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply...
Missouri Senate Votes to Override Veto on Workers’ Comp
Apr 2 2012 // The Missouri Senate has voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that would change workers’ compensation laws by barring some lawsuits over workplace injuries. The Republican-controlled...
Mississippi House Sends Workers’ Comp Bill to Senate
Apr 2 2012 // Mississippi House members now favor changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system after previously voting against them. House members voted 60-56 last Thursday to pass Senate Bill 2576, which proponents...
California’s Workers’ Comp Underwriting Results Erode
Apr 2 2012 // For the second consecutive year, California workers’ compensation premiums levels rose in 2011, but continually growing costs of claims has eroded statewide underwriting results, according to an annual report from...
Missouri Discrimination, Workers’ Comp Bills Vetoed
Apr 2 2012 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed for the second consecutive year legislation that would have changed rules for lawsuits alleging workplace discrimination (HB 1219) and blocked changes to the workers’ compensation...
Florida Passes Workers’ Comp Changes
Apr 2 2012 // While debates over property insurance and no-fault auto insurance consumed the attention of state officials and the media, Florida lawmakers quietly dealt with several other insurance issues, including workers’...
2012 Second Quarter Schedule
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Declarations
Apr 2 2012 // A Little THC “I don’t drink and drive, and I don’t smoke and drive. But my body is completely saturated with THC.” —Angeline Chilton, a suburban Denver woman who uses medical marijuana to ease...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Insurer To Pay $2M Dividend
Mar 29 2012 // Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. says it will pay more than $2 million in dividends this spring to more than 11,000 policyholders. The Columbia-based workers’ compensation insurance company says the payments...
Missouri Republicans Ponder Next Move on Vetoed Business Bills
Mar 26 2012 // Republican lawmakers in Missouri are trying to decide what they will do next on two pieces of business legislation recently vetoed by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. One measure would require workers who bring wrongful...
Oil Well Services Company in Texas Fined for Repeat Safety Violations
Mar 23 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Palestine, Texas-based Mercer Well Service for five repeat violations following an inspection at the company’s Colt 34-212...
More Doubts Emerge About Illinois Prison Guard Comp Claims
Mar 22 2012 // Some Illinois prison guards who received workers’ compensation settlements had only mild carpal tunnel syndrome in their wrists or similar elbow injuries and might not have needed surgery, according to a newspaper...
Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Staffer Charged With Bribery
Mar 21 2012 // A supervisor in Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation program has been charged with bribery. Agents from the state attorney general’s public corruption unit arrested 53-year-old James McDonnell of Scranton...
Two Named to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Manager Positions
Mar 20 2012 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has filled two key management positions. Brent Toups is the company’s new business unit manager for large accounts and U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers’...
Texas Company Fined $164K for Safety Violations
Mar 19 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Houston-based IFCO Systems North America Inc. with 10 serious, three repeat and six other-than-serious violations for exposing...
Missouri Governor Vetoes Discrimination, Workers’ Comp Bills
Mar 19 2012 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed for the second consecutive year legislation that would have changed rules for lawsuits alleging workplace discrimination and blocked changes to the workers compensation system also pushed...
Des Moines Exec Sent to Prison for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 19 2012 // The owner of a Des Moines firm that provides companies with temporary employees has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison in a scheme to reduce the cost of his workers’ compensation insurance. The...
Cost Containment Tops Employer Concerns on Workers’ Comp: Survey
Mar 19 2012 // Controlling workers’ compensation costs is a top priority for employers. During the next 12 months, employers say cost containment is their number one workers’ compensation insurance concern, a new study shows....
Mississippi Workers’ Comp Chief Aims to Balance Costs, Fair Treatment
Mar 19 2012 // As chairman of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission, Liles B. Williams oversees the work of an agency that receives reports of more than 11,000 work-related injuries per year. Williams sees his role as...
