Contractors Involved in California Stadium Construction Death Cited December 17, 2020 California’s workplace safety agency has cited two companies for violations in connection with the death of a construction worker who...
Oklahoma’s CompSource Mutual Insurance Assigned ‘A’ Rating by AM Best December 11, 2020 AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” to...
Next Insurance Buys Data Firm Juniper Labs to Enhance Workers’ Compensation Offering December 11, 2020 By Mark Hollmer Digital small business insurer Next Insurance has closed its first acquisition, buying Juniper Labs, a Denver-based provider of data and...
Employee Found Dead in Corn Silo at Didion Milling in Wisconsin December 10, 2020 The man who died in a corn silo at a mill in Columbia County, Wis., was a 52-year-old employee, sheriff’s...
Former Verizon N.Y. Employee Lied About Injuries, Collected $19K in Workers’ Comp December 8, 2020 A former Verizon New York employee who allegedly lied to doctors about arm injuries to obtain more than $19,000 in...
Expansion of Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19 in 6 States Created Narrow Benefit December 8, 2020 By Jim Sams While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees...
Slick Sidewalks, Protective Pets Among Injury Trends for Amazon Delivery Partners in Colorado December 7, 2020 Coloradans like residents of other states have seen an increase in delivery vehicles as many households shifted to ordering more...
Migrant Farm Workers from Texas Allege Pesticide Exposure in Illinois December 7, 2020 By Sophia Tareen More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in Illinois cornfields,...
Transit Worker Can Be Compensated, Cannot Sue Employer for Assault Injuries December 4, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield A District of Columbia appeals court held that a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) worker cannot sue his employer...
U.S. Employers Have Right to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine. But Will They? December 3, 2020 By Tina Bellon Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely...