Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Judge: 104-Week Limit on Temporary Disability Benefits Unconstitutional
Mar 7 2013 // A Florida district court judge’s ruling that declared unconstitutional a 104-week limitation on injured workers’ temporary benefits has left insurers and employers scrambling to come up with a legislative...
OSHA Orders Norfolk Southern to Pay 3 Workers
Mar 5 2013 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Norfolk, Va.-based Norfolk Southern Corp. to pay more than $1 million to three workers who were fired after they reported on-the-job injuries. The order stems...
Passing of Torch at California Workers’ Compensation Institute
Mar 4 2013 // Workers’ compensation wonk Alex Swedlow will become the fourth president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute in 50 years following the announced retirement on Monday of J. Michael Nolan as...
Oklahoma Speaker Eyes Ways to Make Workers’ Comp Bill ‘Stronger’
Mar 4 2013 // House Speaker T.W. Shannon says a Senate bill to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system could undergo changes in the House. The Senate voted 34-12 for the Republican-backed bill on Feb. 27, mostly...
Simpson Named VP of Underwriting, Marketing for CompWest in California
Mar 4 2013 // CompWest Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Accident Fund Holdings Inc., named Gene J. Simpson vice president of underwriting and marketing. Simpson recently joined CompWest’s senior management team and is responsible...
Connecticut Bill Applies Worker’s Comp to Mental Trauma
Mar 2 2013 // Lawmakers pressed ahead Thursday, Feb. 28, with legislation requiring Connecticut’s worker’s compensation system to cover treatment costs for mental illnesses stemming from future workplace trauma, and planned...
California Bill Battles Workers’ Comp Claims from Athletes
Mar 1 2013 // A California legislator has introduced a bill that would address a “loophole” in which pro athletes, mostly National Football League players, are getting workers’ compensation benefits despite having...
BrickStreet Auditor, 4 Others Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 1 2013 // A U.S. attorney has charged five men including an insurance company auditor with engaging in a fraudulent scheme that included bribery and the under-reporting of payroll by certain employers and cost West Virginia’s...
GOP-Backed Workers’ Comp Plan Clears Oklahoma Senate
Mar 1 2013 // A Republican-backed plan to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system has been approved by the state Senate, despite concerns that the cost savings in the bill come at the expense of those injured on the...
Bipartisan Optimism As Sweet As Maple Syrup at Workers’ Comp Conference
Feb 28 2013 // The political stalemate in Washington regarding the deficit and sequestration is not as dire or depressing as most people and pundits proclaim, and is in fact a positive sign that the country is grappling with important...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Policyholder Dividend Largest-Ever
Feb 27 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has declared a 2012 dividend of $48.7 million, the company’s largest dividend ever. It will be paid to qualifying policyholders in March and April, bringing...
Oregon Report: Workers’ Comp Increases Coming
Feb 26 2013 // More data is power, but then again knowledge goes only so far – especially in workers’ compensation. A report out on Tuesday shows continued workers’ comp rate decreases on average countrywide through 2011,...
PG&E Boosts Training After Deaths Of 3 California Workers
Feb 26 2013 // Officials at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. are boosting the utility’s training on safety procedures after the deaths of three workers in three years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The deaths prompted PG&E...
Texas Mutual: Woman Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Feb 25 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Barbara A. Douglas of Denton pleaded no contest to felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Douglas, her father, Howard T. Douglas, III, M.D., of Hurst and their...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 25 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Report: Athletes Cash In On California Workers’ Comp
Feb 25 2013 // California’s workers’ compensation system has awarded millions of dollars in benefits for job-related injuries to thousands of professional athletes, including many who played for out-of-state teams, according...
Report Suggests Compounders Adapted to California Price Controls
Feb 25 2013 // Think California’s new workers’ compensation reform law addressed just about every aspect of an unwieldy system which, few would argue, desperately needs fixing? Think again. A report on compounding drugs...
Ohio Attorney Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 25 2013 // An Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) investigation found a Medina attorney conspired to commit fraud by employing an injured worker she was representing in a workers’ compensation case. Natalie Grubb...
Workers’ Comp Tops Oklahoma Small-Business Agenda
Feb 25 2013 // Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb and Oklahoma business leaders rolled out their legislative agenda for small businesses and manufacturers on Feb. 12, citing workforce development and sweeping changes to the state’s workers’...
Oklahoma Agents Group Seeks Questions for Workers’ Comp Panel
Feb 21 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma is requesting members to submit questions for a panel discussion on proposed changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system. IIAO will host a panel to discuss...
