Maryland firefighters are celebrating victory after lawmakers last week gave final approval to an expansion of the state's cancer presumption law.
Gov. Larry
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The City and County of San Francisco has entered into carve-out agreements with police and firefighter unions, providing an alternative workers’ comp dispute resolution process
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With just days left in this year's legislative session, two bills have emerged that would significantly reshape the Arkansas workers' compensation landscape. Both have sparked
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A bill that would allow firefighters to receive workers’ compensation benefits if they’re injured while outside of California cleared its first hurdle Wednesday when the
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Texas is one of several states that does not allow injured workers to receive lump-sum settlements for medical benefits, a legacy of a law passed
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The California Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Dynamex case, which established a three-part test for determining if a worker is an independent contractor, could
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The West Virginia Workers' Compensation Office has been through 18 months of turmoil in which lawmakers slashed the agency's budget, the insurance commissioner tried to
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The rise in the number of employees working from home is opening up a new frontier of workers’ comp claims, in which tripping on a
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Mississippi has become the latest state to bypass the workers' compensation system altogether in providing cancer coverage for first responders.
Sen. Joel Carter
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It took injured workers being treated in-network longer to see an orthopedic surgeon than those being treated out of network in 20 of 35 states
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