Head of Kentucky Plant Says Company Will Cover Damages After Blast November 18, 2024 By Dylan Lovan LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The president of a Kentucky plant that exploded earlier this week said the company is accountable...
Washington Workers’ Comp Scam Exposed by Gym Trips November 15, 2024 A Washington man is being charged in a felony in a $28,000 workers’ compensation scam after a trip the gym...
Mississippi Worker Killed When Hot Asphalt Falls from Dump Truck November 6, 2024 By Staff and Wire Reports JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi’s capital said a man died Monday when he was trying to repair a...
Rescuers Find Body of Final Missing Tenn. Factory Worker Swept Away by Flooding November 5, 2024 ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Rescue workers in Tennessee have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive...
New York Reduces Workers’ Compensation Assessment Rate for 2025 October 31, 2024 New York employers will pay 22% less in the annual assessment to run the state’s workers’ compensation system in 2025....
New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 6.9% for 2025 October 30, 2024 New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance Justin Zimmerman has approved a 6.9% statewide average decrease in rates for workers’...
Washington Drafting New Ergonomic Rules for Airline Ground Crews October 30, 2024 Scheduled airline ground crews, including baggage handlers and maintenance workers, file injury claims for work-related musculoskeletal disorders at more than...
California Vocational School Owner Charged With Fraud in Workers’ Comp Scheme October 25, 2024 The owner of a Fresno, California-based for-profit vocational school was charged with engaging in fraudulent billing practices related to workers’...
Worker Injured While Drunk on the Job Wins Claim Approval October 18, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A worker injured when he fell from a ladder is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite the fact he was...
State Says Exiting Steward Health Lacks Required Insurance for Employees, Physicians October 16, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Thousands of Massachusetts medical professionals and other employees of troubled hospital operator Steward Health Care are at risk because Steward...