New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that would build on warehouse worker protections enacted in 2022.
The governor on Dec. 21 signed Senate
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The California Division of Workers' Compensation has posted an order adjusting the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform
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Injured workers receiving permanent total disability benefits and dependents receiving survivor’s benefits should receive a 2.3% increase in their monthly benefit rate in January, the
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The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a long-time coal miner’s entitlement to black lung benefits, rejecting the employer’s challenges as reiterations of previously
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An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of workers’ compensation fraud.
Case: State
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Federal workplace safety regulators fined a general contractor in Maine $161,325 saying it ignored repeated warnings and its own site-specific safety plan prior to a
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to additional treatment and temporary total disability benefits for a knee injury.
Case:
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Louisiana contractor $50,703 for violations that resulted in the drowning death of a heavy equipment operator
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is seeking comments on two fee schedule rules and an outpatient formulary regulation.
The bureau is proposing to adopt
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A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil suit was not entitled to relief from a default judgment against it even
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