Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Risk Rates to Decrease
Mar 9 2009 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper has approved revised workers’ compensation voluntary loss costs and assigned risk rates filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The revised loss...
Nevada OSHA Director Defends Construction Site Safety Efforts
Mar 6 2009 // The head of Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration defended his agency’s efforts to ensure workplace safety during a Senate committee hearing this week that marked the start of a monthlong...
Texas Selects NCCI as Sole Collector of Workers’ Comp Data
Mar 6 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced it has designated a single data collection agent, the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI), to collect...
Texas Workers’ Comp Div. Issues $169K in Fines in Dec.and Jan.
Mar 5 2009 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon announced that disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) in December 2008 and January...
City Fighting Workers’ Comp Claim of Oklahoma Firefighter
Mar 4 2009 // City officials in Edmond, Okla., are challenging court rulings in favor of a firefighter who claims his colon cancer is a work-related injury because of the smoke, hazardous materials and chemicals he was exposed to on the...
West Virginia’s Workers’ Comp Writer BrickStreet to Expand Into Other States
Mar 3 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West...
Tough Luck for Dismissed North Dakota Workers’ Comp Employees
Mar 3 2009 // Former employees of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance agency have struggled to pursue claims that they were illegally fired for spotlighting questionable activities at the agency. A judge has thrown out...
Gov. Hoeven to Name North Dakota Workers’ Compensation Director Soon
Mar 3 2009 // Gov. John Hoeven’s staff attorney says the governor will soon name a a permanent executive director for the state workers’ compensation agency. Ryan Bernstein, Hoeven’s staff attorney, says the governor...
California AG Sues to Block Fraudulent Workers’ Comp Scheme
Feb 27 2009 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. filed a lawsuit to stop the Contractors Asset Protection Association Inc. from engaging in what he called a “sophisticated and fraudulent scheme” to cheat the...
OSHA Cites Wisconsin Excavation Firm for Cave-In Hazards
Feb 27 2009 // A northern Wisconsin excavating company purposely risked workers to potential trench cave-ins and was cited for safety violations that carry nearly $700,000 in fines, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
No Jail Time for Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director
Feb 27 2009 // North Dakota’s former workers compensation director has been given a two-year deferred sentence with no jail time and a $2,000 fine for misspending public money. The deferred sentence means Sandy Blunt’s record...
Audit Hits Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Claims Handling
Feb 27 2009 // An audit of Minnesota’s worker’s compensation system has found that insurers are mishandling a growing number of claims, including by paying injured workers less than they deserve. The report from the...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Rates on Downswing
Feb 27 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says rates for workers’ compensation insurance continue to decrease in his state, based on a recent report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)...
Missouri Court Rejects Labor Challenge to Workers’ Compensation Law
Feb 26 2009 // The state Supreme Court rejected labor union challenges Tuesday to a 2005 law that limited the ability of some injured Missourians to get benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation system. Business groups...
Appeals Court Supports Store Manager in Employee Safety Case
Feb 26 2009 // An Arkansas Appeals Court has upheld the ruling of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission that the night manager of a grocery story is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained...
Wyoming Workers’ Comp. Bill Gets Committee Approval
Feb 25 2009 // A Wyoming Senate committee approved a bill that would expand benefits for people injured on the job, including cost-of-living adjustments for workers on permanent disability. House Bill 54 would raise benefits for families...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Chief Faces Sentencing
Feb 25 2009 // A lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt says his client should not get jail time for his felony conviction. A jury convicted Blunt last December of misspending more than $10,000 in public...
Ohio Approves New Workers’ Compensation Deductible Program
Feb 23 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has created a new deductible program, the first-ever for BWC, it says will give employers better control of their workers’ compensation insurance spending and provide an...
Vermont Weighs Expansion of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Feb 22 2009 // Vermont lawmakers will consider a bill that would extend workers’ compensation to cover mental and emotional problems suffered on the job. But the proposal is getting a cool reception from the insurance...
Michigan Blue Cross Wins Workers’ Compensation Battle
Feb 22 2009 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said he is not giving up in his battle and will appeal a judge’s ruling in support of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s ownership of workers’ compensation insurance...
