Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Innovation in Workers’ Compensation: Getting Ahead of Risk and Injury
Sep 27 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. Workers’ compensation claims can significantly impact a business’s productivity and bottom line. Out-of-work employees cause company...
People Moves: Biggs Joins Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission; Alliant Adds Soto, Hargrave in Texas; ICT Hires Johnson
Sep 23 2021 // Biggs Joins Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) added Scott Biggs as its newest commissioner. The WCC and its three commissioners are tasked with carrying out...
Washington Business Owner Repays $43K for Bogus Worker’s Comp Interpretation Bills
Sep 23 2021 // A Seattle, Wash. woman accused of forging signatures and stealing money by billing the state for appointments, some related to workers’ compensation services, that never happened pleaded guilty Wednesday. Carla C....
Oklahoma to See 9.4% Drop in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in 2022
Sep 22 2021 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department approved a 9.4% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2022, a reduction that will lead to lower premiums for many Oklahoma businesses, the department said. Loss...
Washington Proposes 3.1% Increase in Workers’ Comp Rates for 2022
Sep 21 2021 // The Washington Department of Labor & Industries is proposing an increase in the average price employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance next year. If the proposal is adopted, it would be the...
Business Owners Have a New Workers Compensation Resource
Sep 21 2021 // Wells Media Publishes Workers Compensation in Two Hours: The Business Owner’s Guide to an Exceptional Workers Compensation Program Phoenix, AZ, September 21, 2021 – Workers compensation program management can...
California Contractors Charged in $5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 20 2021 // The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office along with the California Department of Insurance on Monday announced charges against multiple suspects in an organized insurance and workers’ compensation fraud...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year
Sep 20 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced earlier this month. The decline in costs marks nine years of...
Connecticut Woman Arrested for Workers’ Comp Benefits Fraud
Sep 16 2021 // A Newtown, Connecticut, woman was arrested and charged with illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits while being employed as a supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services for the Town of New Fairfield Board of...
How Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Test OSHA
Sep 14 2021 // The U.S. agency in charge of the Biden administration’s new rules requiring COVID-19 vaccination at many private workplaces faces stiff challenges in developing and enforcing the mandate. President Joe Biden...
Biden’s Vaccine Plan Puts OSHA in Spotlight; Expected to Trigger Legal Challenges
Sep 13 2021 // President Joe Biden’s sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: “Have at it.” The administration is gearing up for another major clash...
California Business Owner Arraigned in $2.5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 13 2021 // Zachary Navo, 38, of Visalia, Calif., was arraigned yesterday on five felony counts of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation revealed he allegedly underreported wages by over $2.5 million...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year
Sep 9 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced on Thursday. The decline in costs marks nine years of average...
Beyond the Headlines: Workplace Violence and Workers Compensation Claims
Sep 9 2021 // Whenever a legal dispute arises as to insurance coverage, the court will evaluate policy language to determine if a specific cause of loss constitutes a covered event under the terms of that policy. When workers...
Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Set to Decrease, Again
Sep 3 2021 // Florida workers’ compensation rates are set to decline again as the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has proposed a statewide rate decrease of 4.9% in the voluntary market. The rates would take...
Ohio Steel Mill Faces $222.4K in OSHA Penalties for Amputation Hazards
Sep 3 2021 // An automotive steel manufacturer in Ohio faces more than $222,000 in proposed penalties for continuing to expose workers to amputations, other hazards at its Canton facility, federal workplace safety officials say. OSHA...
Washington Man Who Faked Job Injury Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scam
Aug 24 2021 // A Thurston County, Wash., man who reportedly tried to pass off a barroom brawl injury as a workplace accident has pleaded guilty to stealing state workers’ compensation insurance benefits. Chuck Wayne Riccio, 40, of...
OSHA Proposes $1.3M in Penalties Over Massachusetts Worker Deaths
Aug 23 2021 // Federal workplace safety regulators on Wednesday proposed $1.3 million in penalties for the construction company that employed two men who died when they were struck by a dump truck and pushed into a 9-foot deep trench at...
Texas Summarizes Workers’ Comp Bills Passed in 2021
Aug 20 2021 // Several bills passed in the Texas Legislature this year impact the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system. Below, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC)...
Colorado Home Manufacturer Faces $222K in OSHA Penalties
Aug 17 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials cited a Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility. Key Structures LLC faces $222,055 in OSHA penalties and 13 willful, repeat and...
