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A California appellate court said a dispute about whether State Compensation Insurance Fund violated a collective bargaining agreement by giving different bonuses to similarly situated employees is subject to arbitration.
Though State Fund, the Department of Human Resources and a trial court determined that the collective bargaining representative for legal professionals filed a complaint that was not eligible for arbitration, the 3rd District Court of… Read more »
A Missouri appellate court concluded that a worker failed to prove that his employment placed him at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19 or that a distinct feature of his job caused him to contract the disease.
Facts and procedural history: Gordon Johnson worked as a load coordinator and evening dispatcher for RBX Transportation. In 2020,… Read more »
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a petition to review a judge's refusal to set aside a notice accepting liability for a firefighter's cancer claim that a city had intended to deny.
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in April ruled that a workers' compensation judge did not abuse her discretion when she refused to… Read more »News: WEST
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Five current and former state corrections officers were arrested on suspicion of participating in schemes to defraud the New York workers' compensation system, the result of an 18-month probe by the state Inspector General's Office.
The five, who worked as officers at the state's Ulster and Wallkill correctional facilities, allegedly turned in false medical reports of illness or workplace injuries, or… Read more »
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a worker receiving a lifetime pension for a permanent workplace injury was ordered to pay $48,000 in restitution after investigators discovered she was working at a medical transportation company while collecting benefits.
Lemapu Dorothy Seinafo, 56, received a lifetime pension in 2018 for… Read more »The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted an informal draft of proposed changes to rules for the Electronic Adjudication Management System that would allow for the electronic filing and service of all case-related documents instead of requiring service by mail.
"These proposed… Read more »
The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted a notice adjusting the ambulance section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to remove bonus payments that expired Oct. 1.
The ambulance section of the fee schedule included a 22.6% add-on payment for services in "super rural" areas, a… Read more »
The Nevada Workers' Compensation Section announced that a Nov. 5 webinar will provide a comprehensive guide for the new Official Disability Guidelines Drug Formulary.
Nevada lawmakers this year passed SB 317, mandating the use of the ODG formulary. The WCS formally adopted the formulary in September with a full… Read more »
Benchmark Gensuite on Tuesday announced the launch of an artificial intelligence product to help employers manage their environmental health and safety risks and protocols.
The autonomous, task-executing “AI Agents” can perform real-time EHS… Read more »
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