Legislation introduced in Colorado would prohibit the reduction of temporary disability benefits or medical benefits based on apportionment, increase the minimum earnings for terminating permanent
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A bill introduced in the New Mexico Legislature would create a rebuttable COVID-19 presumption for essential workers and bar the use of pandemic-related claims in
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A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would create a presumption that cancer is an occupational condition for certain government workers who are exposed to active
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The number of COVID-19 claims filed in January fell from a record high set in December, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported.
Data through Feb.
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The California Senate Rules Committee reappointed Mitch Steiger to represent labor on the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation for a term that
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The Montana State Fund is holding free virtual safety workshops in March addressing emergency preparedness and ergonomics.
Three sessions, titled “Prepare for Emergencies: Create Emergency
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A bus driver for the Sacramento Regional Transit District was charged with two felony fraud counts after video footage allegedly contradicted her claims that a
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The Washington state Senate unanimously passed a bill that would give injured workers eligible to settle their claims the option of receiving a lump sum
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Members of Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee on Feb. 19 will discuss amendments proposed for two bills — one that would mandate electronic claim filing and another
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform
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