Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pier 1 Imports Fined $86K for Safety Hazards at 2 Texas Sites
Sep 23 2015 // Pier 1 Imports Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for workplace safety hazards at facilities in Fort Worth and Mansfield, Texas. Proposed...
OSHA Extends Comment Period for Injury Reporting Rule
Sep 23 2015 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is extending the deadline for submitting comments on a proposed rule that it says clarifies an employer’s continuing obligation to make and maintain an...
Delaware Regulators Recovered $995K for Consumers During 1st Half of 2015
Sep 22 2015 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart and the Delaware Department of Insurance announced that the Department has recovered $995,558 for consumers during the first six months of 2015. The Delaware Department...
OSHA Citations Against ‘Midnight Rider’ Production Company Upheld
Sep 22 2015 // Citations issued by The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration against Film Allman LLC in August 2014 were upheld Sept. 15 by Judge Sharon D. Calhoun of the Occupational Safety and...
Texas OKs 11 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Sep 21 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) re-certified 11 employers to self-insure workers’ compensation claims. Together, the companies employ about 50,000 people in...
Workers’ Comp Premiums Increase By 5.3% in First Half of 2015
Sep 21 2015 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2015 data, as recently reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, shows that workers’ compensation insurers reported a 5.3 percent increase...
Will Uber Employee Status Ruling in California Impact Its Business Model?
Sep 21 2015 // A California Labor Commission ruling in June that an Uber driver is an employee and not a contractor opens the door to more scrutiny over the rideshare giant’s business model, but that was just the proverbial tip of...
Louisiana Worker’s Comp Market ‘Remains Competitive’
Sep 21 2015 // In its annual report to the Legislature for 2014-2015, the Louisiana Property & Casualty Insurance Commission noted that the workers’ compensation market in the state “remains competitive.” There were...
Court Backs Workers’ Comp Ruling for Assaulted Nebraska Nurse
Sep 21 2015 // The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a workers’ compensation ruling requiring a Kearney hospital to pay the salary of a former nurse who says she’s unable to work because of psychological injuries she received...
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Market at a Glance
Sep 21 2015 // In its annual report for FY 2014, dated June 16, 2015, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission shows the following: Illinois is one of the top 10 wage states, with wages that run 6 percent higher than the U.S....
Kansas Food Processing Plant Fined $71.7K for Safety Violations
Sep 16 2015 // Reser’s Fine Foods, Topeka, Kan., was cited on Sept. 2 by federal safety officials for various workplace safety violations, including exposing workers to ammonia. Proposed penalties total $71,700. The U.S. Department...
El Paso Stamping Plant Cited for Amputations, Other Hazards
Sep 16 2015 // Stampcoat Inc. doing business as El Paso Tool & Die in El Paso, Texas, has been cited by federal safety officials for amputations and other serious workplace hazards. The federal Occupational Safety and Health...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Expected to Drop
Sep 14 2015 // Missouri businesses could see another drop in workers’ compensation insurance premiums next year. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon said during a visit to an Affton carpenters’ training center that early figures from...
California Siblings Sentenced For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 14 2015 // A California brother and sister who owned a landscaping service won’t contest charges that they duped several workers’ compensation carriers out of more than $200,000. Michael George Mello Jr., 37, and his...
California Employers Warned about High Heat as Temperatures Soar
Sep 11 2015 // Cal/OSHA is warning all employers throughout the entire state to consider protecting their outdoor workers from heat illness. The National Weather Service has issued high heat advisories and excessive heat warnings for...
Texas Oil Wells Services Company Cited for Rig Fatalities
Sep 10 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited a Texas oil well services company in the deaths of three workers killed while working to install a blowout preventer, which seals, controls and monitors a rig. The Occupational Safety...
TDI Posts Summary of Bills Affecting Property/Casualty Insurers
Sep 9 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance has produced a summary of various bills passed by the Texas Legislature this year that impact property/casualty insurance companies. Many but not all of the following were effective Sept....
Construction Contractors in Texas Fined $88K for Safety Violations
Sep 8 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited two contractors at a construction site in Austin, Texas, for safety violations. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and CVI Development LLC were cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Court Backs Workers’ Comp Ruling for Assaulted Nebraska Nurse
Sep 8 2015 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a workers’ compensation ruling requiring a Kearney hospital to pay the salary of a former nurse who says she’s unable to work because of psychological injuries she received...
Alper Services Adds 5 in Chicago
Sep 8 2015 // Alper Services LLC, based in Chicago, has hired five new employees to join the AuditRate, Financial Services, Claims Management Services, Employee Benefits and Personal Lines departments. Andrew Bertucci joins Alper...
