Utah Senate Bill 35 is going after construction companies, requiring them to pay workers’ compensation and contribute to unemployment insurance and withholding taxes as long as their employees own less than 20 percent of the company. Employees who own 20 …
Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has approved an increase to the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates by an average 12 percent or 6.5 cents per hour for 2011. The new rates already took effect on Jan. 1 on …
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wants more severe criminal penalties for businesses that go without workers’ compensation insurance for their employees. A bill filed earlier this month by Coakley’s office would make failure to carry worker’s compensation coverage equal to …
Florida officials have charged a Duval County man with allegedly creating a fake company and fake name as part of a workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of David Rodriguez-Socarras, who officials allege used a …
Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has announced an overall retro rating adjustment of nearly 28 percent in workers’ compensation insurance premium adjustments and premium surcharge savings totaling nearly $280 thousand for members who participated in its …
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board believes either metal shavings or dust were the source of an explosion that killed three men in a West Virginia factory, but the investigator in charge said his team has yet to determine which form …
The owner of a Des Moines, Iowa, employment agency has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges. Dinesh “Dan” Sethi is accused of scheming to defraud insurance companies out of workers’ compensation premiums. Sethi, of Ankeny, owns DES Staffing Services. …
Dan Hair, Utah Workers Compensation Fund senior vice president and chief underwriting and safety officer, has been promoted to chief risk operator. He will be responsible for developing and implementing an enterprise risk management (ERM) program. He also will work …
A new Tennessee law is requiring all construction firm owners to register with the state if they choose to opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation system. The new law is designed to protect general contractors from having to pay …
A Montana workers’ compensation reform bill was put on hold Jan. 21, 2010, after its sponsor told a state House committee it would have to be heavily amended and suggested going with a “clean” version of the proposal in the …
