States Easing Path to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Coronavirus Workers April 21, 2020 By Jim Sams Sympathetic state lawmakers and regulators in states both red and blue promise to make COVID-19 a major cost driver for...
California State Fund to Accept All Essential Worker COVID Claims; Adds to Safety Fund April 20, 2020 California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund on Monday announced another series of actions designed to support policyholders and workers affected by...
Positive Tests Mount After Virus Outbreak at North Dakota Wind Turbine Plant April 20, 2020 By Dave Kolpack A coronavirus outbreak at a northeastern North Dakota wind turbine plant has ballooned to 110 cases in early testing and...
Lawsuit Seeking Greater Protections for Washington Farmworkers April 20, 2020 Advocates for farm workers in Washington state have filed a lawsuit against the state seeking safer working conditions as the...
Layoffs, Small Business Exits Likely Major Coronavirus Effects on Workers’ Comp: NCCI April 20, 2020 A new analysis of the economic effects of the coronavirus finds that while layoffs of workers will have the most...
Employers May Exclude Payroll to Employees Not Working for Workers’ Comp: NCCI April 20, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Businesses that have suspended operations due to COVID-19 but continue to pay employees who are at home but not working...
Businesses Fear Lawsuits from Sick Employees, Patrons After Reopening April 20, 2020 By Erik Larson, Edvard Pettersson and Christopher Yasiejko Whenever U.S. stores, restaurants and theaters reopen from coronavirus shutdowns, they may face an unexpected problem: lawsuits from sick patrons...
Florida Directs Workers’ Comp Insurers to Comply with COVID-19 Treatment Order April 20, 2020 The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum to all insurers and entities authorized to write workers’...
South Dakota COVID-19 Cases at Meat Plant Top 1,000; One Worker Dies April 17, 2020 The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100 and more than half of...
Coronavirus Confirmed on Offshore Oil Platforms in Gulf April 17, 2020 The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been confirmed in more than two dozen people working on oil platforms in...