The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration has published the new weekly minimum and maximum compensation rates for injured workers that are effective Sept. 1. The new maximum amount is $688 a week and the new minimum is …
Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed more than $413,000 in penalties after citing a Missouri-based barrel maker for multiple workplace safety hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it cited Missouri Cooperage Company LLC …
With San Antonio’s unemployment rate hitting historic lows, hoteliers in the city’s $15.2 billion tourism industry are struggling to find housekeepers, dishwashers and waiters. The San Antonio Express-News reports it’s never been easy recruiting for jobs that involve hard work …
A Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS) employee was has been arrested and charged with fraudulently collecting more than $4,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Elizabeth Torres, age 58, of Oakville, Conn., was arrested by inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud …
A federal judge has fined a northeast Ohio company $250,000 and has placed it on two years’ probation for covering up previous safety concerns during an investigation of an accident that killed one worker and seriously injured another in 2012. …
An Ohio construction company owner has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after a worker lacking safety equipment fell to his death from the roof of a three-story apartment complex. Owner James Coon, of Akron, also recently pleaded guilty in Summit …
Starr Wright Insurance Agency, Inc. (Starr Wright USA), a division of Starr Insurance Companies, has a launched a distribution channel for Starr Insurance Companies’ Defense Base Act insurance coverage, specifically to serve the needs of small federal government contractors. The …
Fewer injured workers are receiving opioids to treat pain than in previous years, as medical providers are turning more to non-opioid medications and physical therapies. A new study of injured worker claims from 27 states by the Workers Compensation Research …
A judge has ordered a Michigan manufacturer to cease operations amid concerns among health officials about a June dumpster fire and the release of chemical clouds. The Daily News of Greenville reports an Ionia County judge signed a temporary restraining …
Expect workers’ compensation insurance rates in California to continue to fall, with total written premium expected to drop by $1 billion or more for 2019 despite the positive impacts of continued economic growth, a new report shows. “We’re experiencing more …
