California written premium for the first quarter of 2021 is 13% below what it was for the first three months of 2020, according to the
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The California Department of Insurance announced that a Porter Ranch landscaper is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly working while collecting more than $50,000 in
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The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an employee was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her injuries from a car accident while diverting from
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Workplace safety regulators in Oregon adopted emergency rules to protect workers from wildfire smoke and high heat in employer-provided housing.
The wildfire smoke rules apply
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The Oregon Supreme Court last week disbarred a law-professor-turned-solo-practitioner for 50 violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including the collection of an illegal fee
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The Montana Governor’s 2021 Conference on Workers’ Compensation will explore topics including the pandemic’s effect on workers’ compensation, how the comp system responded to it, and
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The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits after he was terminated from his position
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A California teacher was ordered to pay nearly $9,000 in restitution after pleading no contest to a fraud charge for participating in a marathon a
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A federal appellate court ruled that a worker was properly denied naturalization based on an old conviction for concealing employment while collecting disability and workers’ compensation
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California published updated loss-elimination ratios that were used to compute classification relativities in the recently approved Sept. 1 regulatory
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