Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Contractor Fined for Multiple Job Safety Violations
Oct 26 2020 // Oregon OSHA has fined a general contractor in Roseburg more than $38,000 for multiple serious job safety violations, including repeatedly failing to follow the minimum requirements to protect workers from fall hazards that...
Amazon Injuries Could Spark Higher Workers’ Comp Rates for Fulfillment Centers
Oct 26 2020 // Injuries in Amazon.com Inc. warehouses could damage more than just the company’s reputation. They could start to hurt the e-commerce giant’s bottom line, as well. Washington state’s workplace safety...
Report: Few Virus Cases in Working Age Californians Result in Comp Claims
Oct 23 2020 // Only one-in-14 COVID-19 cases involving working-age Californians from May through September of 2020 has been claimed as a job injury, while only 1-in-25 COVID-19 deaths among working age individuals has been claimed to be...
California Trucking Firm Owners Charged in Alleged $450K Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 22 2020 // Trucking company owners Hardip Singh, 44, and Amandeep Kaur, 36, were charged this week with multiple counts of insurance fraud after allegedly misclassifying employees as independent contractors in a scheme to underreport...
California Electrician Sentenced for Defrauding Workers’ Comp Providers, Employers
Oct 22 2020 // Michael Ray Williams, 37, of Daly City, Calif., was sentenced to 60 days in county jail and three years formal probation after pleading no contest to two felony counts of insurance fraud after illegally working for...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Issuing $1.3B in Second Dividend for 2020
Oct 21 2020 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will be sending more than $1.3 billion to Ohio employers over the next week to ease COVID-19’s impact on the state’s business community and economy. All told,...
Omaha National Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage into Connecticut, Georgia
Oct 21 2020 // Omaha National, a workers compensation insurance provider serving small and midsize employers, has expanded its coverage into Connecticut and Georgia. Connecticut and Georgia will be the 11th and 12th states in which Omaha...
Target to Enhance Safety at 200 Northeast U.S. Stores in Department of Labor Settlement
Oct 21 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor has executed a region wide corporate settlement agreement with Target Corp. to correct exit access and storage hazards and enhance worker safety at about 200 of the retailer’s stores in...
Applied Underwriters Sues California Over ‘Bad Faith’ Insurer Conservatorship Plan
Oct 21 2020 // Workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters is suing California Insurance Department officials to halt a state plan its says would force its workers’ compensation partner California Insurance Co....
Ex-Police Chief in Washington Turned Pinup Model Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 19 2020 // A Snohomish County, Wash., woman faces two charges of making false or misleading statements to collect more than $67,000 in workers’ compensation benefits from the Washington State Department of Labor &...
3 Workers Injured in Riceland Rice Plant Blast in Arkansas
Oct 19 2020 // Three Riceland Rice employees were injured, none seriously, in an explosion at a Riceland plant in Stuttgart, Ark., according to company spokesperson Kevin McGilton. The employees suffered minor injuries that were not...
Vast Majority of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims Are Small, Says NCCI
Oct 19 2020 // If COVID-19 behaves like other workers’ compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in some degree of permanent partial disability and one out of 2,000 may result in permanent total...
California Bills Signed into Law Related to Workers’ Comp
Oct 19 2020 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a handful of bills related to workers’ compensation. Following is a summary of the bills compiled by the Worker’s Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau: Senate Bill No....
California Workers’ Comp Premium for First Two Quarters of 2020 Down 11%
Oct 19 2020 // Written workers’ compensation premium in California for the first two quarters of 2020 was 11% below that for the first two quarters of 2019, according to a new report out. The Worker’s Compensation Insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Benefits at Risk for Healthcare Workers, Others
Oct 19 2020 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s June 17, 2020, order clarifying eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits for workplace exposure to COVID-19 is presumably overturned by the state supreme court’s...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner OKs Workers’ Comp Premium Rate Drop
Oct 14 2020 // A 9.6 percent decrease in Oklahoma workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2021 has been approved by the state’s insurance commissioner. According to Commissioner Glen Mulready and the Oklahoma Insurance...
Ohio Man Owes $141.5K After Second Workers’ Comp Fraud Conviction
Oct 13 2020 // An Ohio man who pleaded guilty on Oct. 5 to workers’ compensation fraud charges has been ordered to repay $141,578 in restitution and spend six months in jail, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)...
After Court Ruling, New Emergency Orders Issued to Stem Virus in Michigan
Oct 12 2020 // A week after Michigan’s Supreme Court ruled Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lacked the authority to act unilaterally to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the state health department issued its own emergency order keeping...
Washington Meter Reader Who Got $186K Accused of Stealing Workers’ Comp Money
Oct 12 2020 // A meter reader who was attacked by a dog while on duty and collected years of workers’ compensation is now accused of stealing the money, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said. Linda Jordan of...
Florida Construction Owner Accused of Not Paying $95K in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Oct 9 2020 // A construction company owner was arrested last month for workers’ compensation premium fraud after allegedly concealing payroll information to avoid paying more than $95,000 in workers’ compensation...
