The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the workers’ comp interest/discount rate for the fourth quarter of 2015 at 3.96 percent. This rate is computed by using the treasury constant maturity rate for one-year treasury bills …
The Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation have released a report on progress implementing California’s workers’ compensation reforms. The report details increased payments to injured workers and significant cost-saving benefits for employers. The reforms are part …
The Division of Workers’ Compensation announced a carve-out agreement between seven Southern California United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions, Vons and Super A Foods. The agreement covers an estimated 20,000 workers in the region. These workers increase the …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize the WCIRB to file an advisory pure premium rate for 2014 of $2.62 per $100 of payroll, 3.4 percent above the industry average filed pure premium …
Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states where the battle against …
California regulators have issued assessment rates that employers will pay in 2013 for the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund. The fund covers the Division of Workers’ Compensation budget, the Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund, the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, …
At a recent joint hearing in Sacramento on workers’ compensation in California with the Assembly and Senate, statistic after statistic flew out of the mouths of speaker after speaker during the nearly four-hour session. It was titled, “Informational Hearing, Injured …
