Alabama Sales Rep and Clinic Owner Sentenced in $28M Billing Fraud Scheme March 25, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A medical sales representative and a pain clinic owner in Alabama have been sentenced to years in prison for their...
North Carolina Labor Chief Rejects Infectious Disease Rules for Workplaces March 19, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elected labor commissioner has declined to adopt rules sought by worker and civil rights...
Dollar Tree Down Most Since May on Plan to Shut 1,000 Stores March 15, 2024 Dollar Tree Inc. plans to shutter about 1,000 stores in an effort to improve profitability as the discount retailer battles...
Worker Caught in Conveyor Belt at Georgia Plant While Retrieving Earbuds March 15, 2024 An investigation is underway after a worker at a golf cart manufacturer in Georgia was caught in a conveyor belt...
Moonlighting Cop Not Independent Contractor? NC Supreme Court Says Hold on March 14, 2024 By William Rabb The North Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily put the brakes on an appeals court decision that had upset years of...
Kentucky House Passes Bill to Reduce Medically Trained Workers in Smaller Mines March 13, 2024 By Bruce Schreiner and Dylan Lovan FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House voted Monday to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the...
Miami Labor Supplier Charged With Underreporting Payroll to Travelers February 29, 2024 Florida authorities charged a Miami contractor with vastly underreporting his payroll and skipping out on $253,000 in workers’ compensation insurance...
WV Governor’s Coal Company Found in Contempt, Must Pay BrickStreet for Comp Loss February 28, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A coal company owned by West Virginia’s governor has been found in contempt of court and must face fines of...
Florida Senate Panel Advances Bill Making it a Felony to Expose Responders to Fentanyl February 28, 2024 A Florida Senate committee on Tuesday approved an amended bill that could potentially reduce workers’ compensation costs for first responders...
Mother of Teen Killed at Mississippi Poultry Factory Sues Company for Negligence February 8, 2024 By Michael Goldberg (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory is suing...