A divided panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a reduction of an attorney’s hourly rate in a fee award for a
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A telecom worker who failed to report outside employment after saying a slip-and-fall injury prevented him from working was ordered to pay $14,000 in restitution,
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California accounted for 12% of all jobs covered by workers’ compensation in the year before the pandemic, 14.4% of all covered wages and 19.7% of
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will discuss common characteristics of restaurant industry claims during a Dec. 2 webinar.
The presentation will cover
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The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker who was fired for engaging in a physical altercation
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional benefits following an on-the-job fall despite his ongoing complaints and receipt
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The Industrial Commission of Arizona is holding a formal stakeholder meeting Dec. 9.
“The purpose of this meeting is to provide interested parties another opportunity
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The Alaska Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a state law limiting a worker’s estate to the collection of funeral expenses, since she had
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The Utah Supreme Court ruled that the family of a worker killed in an excavator accident failed to assert a viable claim that his employer
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The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced that it will open offices statewide, effective Dec. 1, to provide walk-in and in-person services Wednesdays
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