Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
After Harvey Suspension, OSHA Resumes Regular Enforcement in Texas, Louisiana
Oct 16 2017 // After suspending most enforcement actions in Texas and Louisiana following Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Oct. 10 resumed normal enforcement...
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 3 Medical Providers for Fraud
Oct 16 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended three more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this...
Worker Safety, Regulation Overload Among Highlights of Drone Expo in California
Oct 16 2017 // Drones may already be impacting the world of workers’ compensation. Fewer workers on communications towers are falling to their deaths, according to Todd Schlekeway, executive director of the National Association of...
Directors for Hawaii Workers’ Comp Insurer HEMIC Declare $3.5M Dividend
Oct 16 2017 // The board of directors of Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company Inc. has declared a $3.5 million dividend payable to qualifying policyholders. This is $500,000 dollars more than HEMIC’s dividend last year,...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease for 2018
Oct 16 2017 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an overall rate drop of 5.8 percent percent to workers’ compensation insurance. The decrease is to...
Oklahoma’s High Court Strikes Down Another Provision of the State’s Workers’ Comp Law
Oct 16 2017 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court, by a vote of 5 to 3, with one recusal, has overturned another part of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation law. The Court on Oct. 3 ruled in Brandon Gibby v. Hobby Lobby, filed by Hobby...
Mississippi Woman Arrested in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Oct 13 2017 // A Mississippi woman has been arrested in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Attorney General Jim Hood said Wednesday, in a news release, that 35-year-old Francine Owens is accused of giving misleading statements to...
LCTA Workers’ Comp’s Prevot to Serve on Louisiana’s Opioid Prevention Advisory Council
Oct 11 2017 // Troy Prevot, executive vice president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based LCTA Workers’ Comp, has been appointed to serve on the state’s Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education, the insurer...
In 1st Year, South Dakota OSHA Office Handles 105 Inspections
Oct 11 2017 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration office in South Dakota plans to add another inspector after its first year of operation because of the volume of inspections it’s handling. The five-person office...
Michiels Named Claims Manager at LUBA Workers’ Comp
Oct 10 2017 // Baton Rouge, La.-based LUBA Workers’ Comp has named Russell Michiels as manager of its claims department. He will oversee all claims operations and medical bill reviews, ensure compliance with state and federal...
Maine Employers Receive $21M Workers’ Compensation Refund
Oct 9 2017 // Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company has returned $21 million to Maine employers insured by the workers’ compensation provider. About 18,000 employers in the state will see insurance returns from the...
Report: West Virginia Workers’ Comp Costs Drop, But Still Highest in U.S.
Oct 9 2017 // Workers’ compensation benefits and employer costs in West Virginia have dropped sharply compared to the rest of the U.S., but remain nearly twice as high as the national average, according to a report released...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 8 Medical Providers for Fraud
Oct 5 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended eight more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year to...
Part of Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Law Overturned by State’s High Court
Oct 5 2017 // A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned part of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation law concerning how workers are compensated for their on-the-job injuries. The court handed down the 5-3 decision with one...
Workers’ Comp Costs and Benefits Decline as a Share of Payroll: Study
Oct 4 2017 // Workers’ compensation employer costs as a share of payroll declined in 2015, reversing a four-year trend, and benefits as a share of payroll fell for the fourth straight year, according to a new report from the...
Insurtech Pie Insurance Eyes Slice of Workers’ Comp Market with $4.3M Funding and Pricing Tool
Oct 4 2017 // Oddly-named Pie Insurance took an initial step toward entering the workers’ compensation insurance market at the InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas by introducing an interactive pricing tool for small and...
Worker Safety, Regulation Overload Among Highlights of Drone Expo In California
Oct 3 2017 // Drones may already be impacting the world of workers’ compensation. Fewer workers on communications towers are falling to their deaths, according to Todd Schlekeway, executive director of the National Association of...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease for 2018
Oct 2 2017 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an overall rate drop of 5.8 percent percent to workers’ compensation insurance. The decrease is to...
New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates May Decrease for Sixth Year in a Row
Oct 2 2017 // New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers’ comp insurance next year because of a filing that lowers rates and loss cost factors insurers use to develop prices. This move would mark the sixth year in a...
Study Shows California Workers’ Comp Medical Review Volume May Be Leveling off
Oct 2 2017 // The volume of workers’ compensation independent medical reviews in California appears to be tapering off, a new study shows. The IMR process was established by California lawmakers to resolve medical disputes. A...
