Fast-Growing Craft Brewers Slow to Adopt Workplace Safety July 15, 2013 By M.B. Pell Welder Mark Moynihan crawled down a narrow tube into a space the size of a car interior to seal the...
Missouri Governor Signs Bill Replenishing Disabled Workers Fund July 12, 2013 By David A. Lieb Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation raising charges on businesses to replenish an insolvent state fund that provides benefits...
California Department of Insurance Settles with Zurich over Workers’ Comp July 11, 2013 The California Department of Insurance announced a settlement with Zurich American Insurance Co. and Zurich American Insurance Co. of Illinois...
DIR: California’s Alternative Security Program Frees $7.7 Billion July 10, 2013 Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations, on Wednesday approved the implementation of the 2013/14 Alternative Security Program,...
Rhode Island Approves 7.4% Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Increase July 10, 2013 The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation approved this month a 7.4 percent overall voluntary loss cost increase for new...
Sites of 2 Deadly Louisiana Plant Explosions Still Closed July 3, 2013 By Littice Bacon-Blood Plants that were the sites of two chemical explosions a day apart in south Louisiana remain closed, and it could...
Lien Fees Working Out in California Workers’ Comp July 2, 2013 By Don Jergler Jason Molnar makes a living deep in the trenches of workers’ compensation battles in California, so you’d think when there...
State Fund Begins Distributing $100M Dividend July 2, 2013 California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will begin issuing $100 million worth of dividend payments to eligible policyholders in early July,...
4 Workers Hurt in Texas A&M Construction Accident June 27, 2013 Four workers were hurt, three critically, after a barn frame collapsed on June 22 at an $80 million Texas A&M...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Board Seeks Ways To Reduce Costs June 24, 2013 The Alaska Workers Compensation Board sought public input on rising costs in the last week. Board members held public meetings...