Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Defines Insurance Broker’s Duty to Inform LLCs About Workers’ Compensation
Dec 15 2022 // What is the duty of an insurance broker in New Jersey to members of a limited liability corporation (LLC) when it comes to workers’ compensation coverage? The New Jersey Supreme Court this week ruled that a broker...
People Moves: Workers’ Comp Bureau in California Adds Cooper
Dec 13 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California named Sean Cooper executive vice president and deputy chief actuary. Cooper will assume the WCIRB chief actuary role upon Dave Bellusci’s...
OSHA Fines Arkansas Contractor $287K for Worker Deaths
Dec 9 2022 // Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that an Arkansas construction contractor failed to test oxygen levels in the confined space before two workers entered a sewer 20 feet below ground at an Edmond work...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Public Self-Insured Claim Volume Rose in FY 2021/22
Dec 9 2022 // California’s public self-insured workforce rose less than 1% in the 12 months ending June 30, but the total number of public self-insured work injuries and illness claims reported to the state jumped 35%, as the...
Workers’ Comp Board Upheld in Banning Chiropractor Accused in Kickback Probe
Dec 7 2022 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board acted within its authority when it barred a chiropractor accused of taking kickbacks from treating injured workers, a state appellate court ruled Thursday. The Third...
Massachusetts Settles With Walmart Over Workers’ Compensation Drug Prices
Dec 7 2022 // Retail pharmacy Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 to Massachusetts after allegedly failing to follow the state’s prescription pricing procedures designed to keep costs down in the workers’ compensation...
New Mexico Approves Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Dec 6 2022 // The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance approved a rate proposal submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance that will reduce voluntary workers’ compensation loss costs by an average of...
OSHA Fines Illinois Dollar Tree $364K for Workplace Exposure Violations
Dec 5 2022 // With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. – one of the nation’s largest discount retailers – exposing workers in Matteson, Illinois to...
Washington Contractor Faces Felony Theft Charge in Reported Workers’ Comp Scam
Dec 5 2022 // An Everett, Washington, man reportedly caught remodeling homes while claiming he was too injured to work has been charged with felony theft in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Terry Lee Dawson, 62, is accused of...
Oregon Report Shows State’s Workers’ Comp Rates Among Nation’s Lowest
Dec 5 2022 // Oregon’s workers’ compensation rates remain among the lowest in the nation, according to an analysis released by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The biennial study ranks all 50 states...
Oregon OSHA Fines Mattress Retailer for Exposing Workers to Vehicle Safety Hazards
Dec 2 2022 // Oregon OSHA fined Mattress Megastore in Hillsboro more than $66,000 for multiple workplace safety violations, including willfully exposing employees to serious injury or death from potential traffic accidents. The...
Report: It Takes 7 Years to Close Most California Workers’ Comp Claims
Nov 30 2022 // It takes seven years to close the vast majority of workers’ compensation claims in California, more than double the time in the median state. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California...
Ohio Dollar General Operator to Pay $341K in OSHA Penalties
Nov 23 2022 // When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation at a Dollar General store in Columbus, they discovered violations that were all-too-familiar and the kind that has led to more than $15 million in proposed...
Washington Contractor Faces Theft Charge over $127K in Workers’ Comp
Nov 23 2022 // A Clark County, Washington, man was charged with stealing $127,000 in workers’ compensation benefits for working at his own construction business while claiming he was too injured to work. Daniel Joseph Lesieur, 54,...
Oregon Report Shows State’s Workers’ Comp Rates Among Nation’s Lowest
Nov 22 2022 // Oregon’s workers’ compensation rates remain among the lowest in the nation, according to an analysis released by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The biennial study ranks all 50 states...
Missouri Dept. of Insurance Recommends 6.4% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
Nov 22 2022 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) is recommending a 6.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2023. This marks the seventh time in eight years that average...
Washington Contractor Faces Felony Theft Charge in Reported Workers’ Comp Scam
Nov 22 2022 // An Everett, Washington, man reportedly caught remodeling homes while claiming he was too injured to work has been charged with felony theft in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Terry Lee Dawson, 62, is accused of...
Cal. Father And Son Charged for $12M Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 21 2022 // Edgardo Cabrales Sr., 61, and his son, Edgar Cabrales Jr., 36, both of San Jose, California, were charged with five felony counts each of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found they...
California Workers’ Comp Benefits to Increase in 2023
Nov 17 2022 // California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose by more than 5% in the year ending March 31, 2022, which will result in an increase in California workers’ compensation temporary total disability and permanent total...
Psychosocial Barriers Not Uncommon in Workers’ Comp Recoveries
Nov 16 2022 // Workers returning to work after an injury can face various obstacles depending on the nature of their injury and the job, their available benefits and rehabilitation needs, even transportation challenges. Those who help...
