The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced possible rulemaking it said would eliminate a conflict between two regulations and clarify its outpatient hospital
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A pair of California Senate committees will hear testimony on proposals that would require certain contractors to carry workers’ compensation coverage even if they have
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A California appellate court ruled that a refinery worker could not pursue a negligence action against a contractor that his employer had hired.
Case: Piontkowski v. Veolia
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The California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and the California Workers’ Compensation Institute scheduled webinars to review proposed changes in the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation said it is adopting updated nature of injury codes to track adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines.
The DWC said
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The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously overturned a denial of benefits to a deputy sheriff with a mental injury after he was involved in a fatal
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The Montana state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would define “prosthesis” and “prosthetic device” to mean an artificial substitute for a
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A lawsuit filed Friday claims New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office ordered state departments to withhold record requests to shield a workers’ compensation official
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A California appellate court upheld an administrative determination that a municipal employer retaliated against a firefighter for engaging in protected union activities but that he had
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California employers would be prohibited from making certain employment decisions based on the fact that a person tested positive for the psychoactive component in cannabis.
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