Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
After 2 Deaths, New York Roofing Firm Still Ignoring Fall Protections, Claims OSHA
Feb 8 2023 // Nanuet, New York-based roofing contractor ALJ Home Improvement Inc. is ignoring safety requirements despite having suffered the loss of two workers since 2019 in falls that were preventable, the Occupational Safety and...
Fla. Lawmakers to Start Another Session, Could Affect Workers’ Comp, Bens for Disney
Feb 7 2023 // Florida lawmakers will meet Monday to complete a state takeover of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district and expand a migrant relocation program, key conservative priorities of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis...
California Workers’ Comp Department’s Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations OK’d
Feb 6 2023 // The Office of Administrative Law approved the California Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations affecting its Medical-Legal Evaluation program. The regulations include the permanent adoption of emergency...
Workers Comp Insurtech Pie Transitions to Full-Stack Carrier
Feb 3 2023 // Small-business workers compensation provider Pie Insurance has completed its transition to a full-stack carrier. Effective Jan. 1, the company said it acquired nationally licensed insurance company The American Insurance...
OSHA Fines Missouri Company After Worker’s Death
Feb 2 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year – just a year after another...
OSHA Cites Connecticut Contractor for Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse
Feb 2 2023 // A federal investigation has found a Connecticut contractor’s failure to provide legally required safeguards and make sure they were in place to prevent trench collapses contributed to the death of an employee buried...
SC Workers’ Comp Commission Holds Hearing on New Medical Provider Fees
Jan 31 2023 // The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission will hold a hearing Feb. 13 on the proposed, 2023 medical service provider manual, which includes new fee schedules and an anesthesia conversion factor. FairHealth,...
SC Supreme Court: Missed Deadline Not Reason to Dismiss Workers’ Comp Fee Appeal
Jan 30 2023 // Judges are often sticklers for court deadlines, but they have to at least give a reason for dismissing a case when a lawyer fails to file a brief on time, the South Carolina Supreme Court said this month in a sharp rebuke...
New York Prosecutors Allege Workers’ Comp Premium Fraud in Two Schemes Worth $10M
Jan 27 2023 // Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. within the past week announced two separate indictments alleging workers’ compensation fraud, one totaling $7 million in premiums and the other, $3 million. In one case,...
Dollar General Cited Again for Safety Issues: $15M in OSHA Fines Since 2017
Jan 27 2023 // Dollar General Corp. is once again facing stiff penalties for workplace safety violations, this time in Florida and Alabama. The U.S. Department of Labor said that just weeks after the nationwide chain of discount stores...
Kentucky Contractors Workers’ Comp Insurance Fund Moves Into New Headquarters
Jan 27 2023 // One of the largest providers of workers’ compensation insurance in Kentucky has a new home. Or, rather, a home – its first physical headquarters. The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’...
OSHA Fines 2 Ohio Metal Casting Facilities For Mixing Water And Molten Material
Jan 26 2023 // With proper training, people working in metal casting facilities know that mixing water and molten material can be a serious, if not deadly mistake, as tragic incidents at two Ohio companies in 2022 showed. On July 10, the...
Vermont Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall Again
Jan 25 2023 // Vermont businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2023. This will mark the seventh consecutive year of rate reductions. The loss cost decrease of an average 6.7%, which takes...
OSHA Says Amazon.com Exposed Workers to Safety Hazards
Jan 20 2023 // A U.S. government agency on Wednesday issued citations against Amazon.com Inc. for failing to keep warehouse workers safe, by exposing them to ergonomic hazards that resulted in serious injuries. The Department of...
Mayton Named to Arkansas Workers’ Comp Commission
Jan 18 2023 // Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she will appoint Michael Mayton to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC). Mayton works as a lawyer in private practice specializing in the...
Massachusetts to Weigh Proposed 4% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Jan 17 2023 // The Massachusetts insurance department will hear testimony virtually on February 3 regarding a proposed 4.0% decrease in average workers’ compensation rates. The rate filing submitted by the Workers’...
Doctors, Insurers Clash on Florida Workers’ Comp Physician Dispensing Rules
Jan 17 2023 // Physician dispensing of medications has long been a flash point in workers’ compensation insurance, with at least 22 states regulating or restricting the practice. Florida is no exception to the controversy, and...
OSHA Fines Utility Eversource $333K for Fatal Beacon Hill Arc Flash, Blast in Boston
Jan 13 2023 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Eversource Energy Service Co. for five violations of workplace safety standards after its investigation of a fatal arc flash and arc blast in...
Florida Workers’ Comp Division Busy with Panel Review, Hearings, Rule Changes
Jan 5 2023 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s Division of Workers’ Compensation is having a busy January. Starting today, Jan. 5, the Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold meetings on key medical...
California Workers’ Comp Study Tracks Inpatient Care Utilization Trends
Jan 5 2023 // A new study shows that after across-the-board declines in California inpatient hospitalizations during the COVID-19 crisis of 2020, the number of inpatient stays paid under Medicare, Medi-Cal, and private coverage began to...
