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NCCI Calls For Tiny Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease for Florida After New Doctor Fees

Annual workers’ compensation rate cuts in the double digits have become routine in almost every U.S. state in recent years. That trend may have now come to an end in Florida, where the National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending …

Mississippi Poultry Plant Settles With OSHA After Teen’s 2023 Death

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi poultry processing plant has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor that requires it to pay $164,814 in fines and put in place enhanced safety measures following the death of a …

Update: NC High Court Strikes Down Compensability of Weight-Loss Surgery

The North Carolina Supreme Court has undone rulings by an appeals court and the state’s Industrial Commission that had granted workers’ compensation insurance payments for a woman’s weight-loss surgery. And in doing that, the high court formally adopted a multi-factor …