How Workers’ Compensation Politics Shut Maine Government 20 Years Ago June 28, 2011 By Glenn Adams The hallways of Maine’s State House were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent...
Hickey Named Workers’ Comp Director at Missouri Labor Department June 28, 2011 Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Labor and Industrial Relations Commissioner John J. Hickey to serve as director of the Division...
Vermont Contractor Faces Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charge June 28, 2011 Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance....
Calif. Cost Per Workers’ Comp Claim Rising, CWCI Says June 28, 2011 The number of California workers’ compensation insurance claims fell 13 percent between policy years 2007 and 2008 to 358,077 claims....
Calif. Returns Workers’ Comp to ‘Bad Ole Days’ June 27, 2011 By Don Barthel When the Fifth District Court of Appeal (DCA) in California refused to review the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s (WCAB) en...
Report: Pinnacol Execs’ $4.3M Package Could Change June 27, 2011 Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and the new chairman of Pinnacol Assurance are looking into changing terms of a $4.3 million...
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio June 24, 2011 A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after...
Portland Audit Suggests Moving Public Safety Employees to Workers’ Comp June 24, 2011 By Patricia-Anne Tom A Portland, Ore., audit is recommending the city move firefighters and police officers currently covered by the City of Portland...
Minnesota Workers’ Comp Claims Decrease June 21, 2011 Minnesota workers’ compensation claims have fallen 44 percent relative to the number of employees from 1997 to 2009, according to...
Illinois AG: Workers’ Comp Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough June 20, 2011 Illinois’ attorney general has praised parts of the recently approved workers’ compensation overhaul, but she says it would be a...