Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Frequency Declines But Lost Time Claims Costs Rise in Restaurant Workers’ Comp: Marsh
May 22 2023 // A shortage of workers in the restaurant industry is leading to more expensive and complex claims in workers’ compensation even as claim frequency declines, according to a recent report and webinar. Marsh recently...
Workers’ Compensation Panel Reverses Claim Denial for Man With Two Names
May 19 2023 // A Virginia man who was denied workers’ compensation benefits for his workplace injury because he apparently used two different names is entitled to have his name on the record corrected and his claim reconsidered,...
OSHA Cites Georgia Wood Treating, Maintenance Firm for Arsenic Exposure
May 18 2023 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Georgia wood-treating company and its maintenance firm for exposing workers to high levels of arsenic, actions that could result in as much as $180,000 in...
Survey: Texas Employer Participation in Workers’ Comp System up to 75%
May 17 2023 // A survey from the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Research and Evaluation Group found that employer subscription in workers’ comp increased to 75% in 2022, up from 72%...
Massachusetts AG Reports $6.15M Settlement With CVS Over Workers’ Comp Drugs
May 16 2023 // Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office reports it has reached a $6.15 million settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to resolve allegations of overcharging for prescriptions for workers’...
California Workers’ Comp Written Premium was 14% Above 2021
May 16 2023 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued its Quarterly Experience Report, an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of Dec. 31, 2022. Highlights of the report...
Report Examines California Workers’ Comp Medical Dispute Resolution
May 15 2023 // A new report shows the number of independent medical reviews in California used to resolve medical disputes hit a record low in 2022 as prescription drug disputes continued to decline. The report from the California...
NCCI Symposium: Strong Profits for Workers’ Comp, but Medical Still a Concern
May 10 2023 // While the property/casualty insurance industry overall may have seen a slight loss in profitability in 2022, workers’ compensation continues to be the most profitable line, with a “very healthy”...
Accountant Charged With $10 Million in Construction Workers’ Compensation Fraud
May 9 2023 // Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced two indictments of a certified public accountant for defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) of more than $10 million in workers’ compensation...
Light Duty or Scheme to Avoid Workers’ Comp Claim? Florida Appeals Court to Decide
May 9 2023 // Most people will be familiar with the posters at workplaces noting the number of days since a lost-time work injury. Well, there’s a dirty little secret behind that, one that helps employers avoid higher experience...
Cal/OSHA Cites Equipment Company, Refers Contractor for Prosecution in Confined Space
May 8 2023 // The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Meeder Equipment Co. of Rancho Cucamonga and referred D&D Construction Specialties Inc. of Sun Valley for criminal prosecution in two separate cases of...
Workers’ Comp Takes Bite Out of Employee Right to Sue Third Party
May 8 2023 // A Pennsylvania employer cannot be sued for blocking an employee from suing the third party responsible for her workplace injury, the state’s high court has ruled in reversing two lower courts. In a case involving an...
OSHA Compliance in the Workplace
May 8 2023 // Workplace health and safety are top of mind for employers, especially after a recent incident at a Mars factory, where workers fell into a vat of chocolate. To prevent such accidents, it’s important for businesses to...
34% of Workplace Injuries Occur in First Year on the Job: Travelers
May 5 2023 // More than a third of workplace injuries occur during employees’ first year on the job, regardless of age or industry experience, according to a new report from Travelers. In fact, an employee’s time spent in a...
Tennessee Lawmakers Approve PTSD Workers’ Comp Presumption for Firefighters
May 4 2023 // The Tennessee General Assembly has approved a workers’ compensation presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is work-related for firefighters, joining several other states that have adopted mental health...
Court Upholds Denial of Widow’s COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Death Claim
May 2 2023 // The widow of a man who died from COVID-19 has been denied workers’ compensation benefits because she failed to prove that the death was work-related. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York on May 1...
Virginia Workers’ Compensation Review Panel Clarifies COVID-19 Presumption
May 2 2023 // Virginia’s statutory presumption that a COVID-19 disability of a first responder is work-related, which went into effect July 1, 2020, does not require that the employee be diagnosed with COVID-19 on or after that...
OSHA Says Amazon Failed to Provide Injured Workers With Adequate Medical Care
May 1 2023 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports it has found that giant online retailer Amazon failed to provide adequate medical treatment for traumatic and chronic injuries at a fulfillment center in...
Massachusetts Hospital Lacked Workplace Violence Protections, OSHA Judge Finds
Apr 28 2023 // A federal administrative law judge has determined that the manager of Fuller Hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts exposed employees to workplace violence without adequate protections in 2019, particularly at times when...
Virginia School: Workers’ Comp Bars $40M Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old
Apr 27 2023 // The Newport News public school board says the $40 million lawsuit filed against it by the teacher who was shot by a six-year old is barred by the state’s workers’ compensation law that is the exclusive remedy...
