Washington Contractors Fined for Death of Worker at Convention Center March 16, 2022 Washington state has fined two construction companies a combined $20,000 after a construction worker was killed at the downtown Seattle...
Markets/Coverages: IMA Creates Metaverse Insurance R&D Lab; Appalachian’s Workers’ Comp Teams With Slice; Blockdaemon Debuts Blockchain Policy March 14, 2022 IMA Financial Unveils the Metaverse’s First Insurance Research & Development Facility Financial services firm IMA Financial Group said it has...
Investigation Blames California Zip-line Worker Fatality on Safety Failures March 14, 2022 A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of...
New Chief at Pinnacol in Colorado Plans to Transform Hundred-Year-Old Carrier to Deal with Changing Workforce March 10, 2022 By Don Jergler John O’Donnell picked an interesting time to change jobs. The way the world works is radically changing, and just as...
Washington Contractor Sentenced in Fatal Workplace Trench Collapse March 8, 2022 A Seattle, Washington, construction company owner is facing jail time in a case that’s holding an employer criminally responsible for...
Supreme Court Asked to Resolve Federal Drug Law v. State Medical Marijuana Laws Debate February 28, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to address whether federal drug law that criminalizes possession of marijuana invalidates state...
OSHA Fines Contractors at Philadelphia Amazon Site Over Worker Death February 28, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines against two construction firms working on a...
Pennsylvania Adopts Exception to Ban on an Insurer Subrogating Against an Insured February 24, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has sided with an insurer seeking subrogation for payments it made to an injured worker before...
New Jersey Cites 5 Contractors for Employee Misclassification February 17, 2022 The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued stop-work orders to five out-of-state contractors – from...
North Carolina High Court Ends ‘Absurd’ Windfall for Comp Insurers on Temp Workers February 15, 2022 For years, workers’ compensation insurers in North Carolina have been able to enjoy a windfall in some cases that involved...