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  • State: California
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A bill introduced ahead of the 2025 legislative session aims to protect workers in stonecutting shops from exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

Senate Bill 20,

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A California lawmaker introduced legislation to codify in statute full-pay salary continuation benefits for park rangers in Sacramento County just months after Gov. Gavin Newsom

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  • State: Washington
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Employers of adult entertainers will face new safety requirements, including panic buttons and improved security measures, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced.

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for an injured worker's diagnoses of sacrococcygeal disorder and sacroiliitis.

Case: Acord v. Family Dollar

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  • State: Pennsylvania
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A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a volunteer firefighter was entitled to benefits for cancer.

Case: Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Detwiler (WCAB), No.

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  • State: New York
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A New York appellate court upheld the suspension of a worker’s benefits due to her failure to demonstrate attachment to the labor market.

Case: Matter

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Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation will hear during a Dec. 13 meeting an update on the California Department of Industrial

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  • State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court revived a worker’s claim for injuries from a car accident that happened while he was driving home in his work vehicle.

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  • State: Texas
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Treating doctors would be allowed to perform maximum medical improvement examinations by telemedicine or telehealth under rules proposed by the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation.

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  • State: California
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The California Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing changes to the rules governing the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits voucher.

Changes posted to the DWC's online

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