The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a paying agency's right to share in settlement proceeds of a third-party action depends on it being a "paying agency"
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The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker failed to establish that his rotator cuff tear was caused, in major part, by
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Wages for former inmates will be calculated based on what’s paid to other people performing similar work in the labor market, under legislation enacted by
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Washington state lawmakers delivered to Gov. Jay Inslee a bill that would create a presumption that all workers exposed to hazardous waste at the Hanford
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A judge in Southern California approved a request to delay sentencing of Michael D. Drobot for violating terms of his 2014 plea deal to allow
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A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of a Pauma Valley zip-line attraction
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Sharon Thaler was elected chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board of directors for 2022.
Sharon Thaler
Thaler, national director of
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that in-person hearings will resume March 21 at all district offices except Eureka.
In-person hearings will consist of
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A California appellate court revived a worker’s civil suit against a general contractor for injuries he sustained while working for a subcontractor on a construction
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The owner of a Seattle construction company is facing jail time in what the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries calls a milestone case
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