July 1, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour and will be eligible for occupational accident insurance paid by the companies for up to $1 million for work-related injuries under a …
July 1, 2024
A minivan slammed into a Long Island nail salon Friday, killing four and injuring nine people inside the business at the time, a Suffolk County fire official said. The vehicle came to a stop at the back of the Hawaii …
June 28, 2024
Payments for medical-legal evaluations and reports used to resolve medical disputes in California worker injury claims rose more than expected since a new Med-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS) took effect in 2021, according to a new study. The study by the …
June 28, 2024
An employee at the Virginia Department of Health who was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed through the wall of her first floor office is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC), in a 2-1 …
June 27, 2024
Massachusetts businesses will see an average 14.6% reduction in workers’ compensation rates—a cut that is almost twice the size of what the insurance industry’s rating bureau proposed in its filing. The lower rates go into effect on July 1, 2024. …
June 27, 2024
DuPont, 3M, Honeywell and 16 other defendants were sued on Tuesday by Connecticut firefighters who said their protective gear was contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they believed the proposed class action filed …
June 25, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor has fined an Alabama mobile home manufacturer more than $81,000 after a worker without fall protection slipped and fell to his death last November. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that 62-year-old Jerry …
June 19, 2024
The owner of a New York roofing company has been sentenced for attempting to cover up an employee’s on-the-job death. Law enforcement investigators determined that Jeremiah Wiedemann, owner of Wiedemann Sons Roofing, had moved the victim to a different location …
June 17, 2024
If the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team needs money to rebuild its roster next year, a Florida appeals court just saved the team more than $14,000 in workers’ compensation payments to an injured minor league pitcher. Florida’s 1st District …
June 13, 2024
A health insurance company employee who was trapped in an elevator for about 30 minutes has been denied workers’ compensation benefits. The employee did not suffer any physical injury while she was trapped in the elevator but claimed she later …