North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has signed a bill designed to crack down on employers without workers’ compensation coverage despite opposition from media groups that objected to the fact the employer information will not be a public record. State lawmakers …
North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approved a bill closing a legal loophole that had resulted in tens of thousands of employers going without coverage leaving injured workers to …
Hospital charges for the treatment of injured workers in North Carolina are growing quickly in the wake of regulatory changes meant to reduce outpatient costs, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Regulations enacted in 2009 …
North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail. The North Carolina Industrial Commission has ordered more than a dozen employers to attend a May …
The state Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding workers’ compensation to a middle school principal shot in the face in 2009. The court ruled that former Fairmont Middle School Principal James Hunt’s injuries were work-related. Hunt was hit …
North Carolina workplace safety investigators are looking into what killed a worker at a Jones County cotton gin. The Kinston Free Press reported that 62-year-old Dennis Foy of Trenton died from his injuries last week. State Labor Department spokesman Neal …
