com DOL Orders Compensation for Workers Fired Over Safety Concerns, Misclassified as Contractors By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The U.S. Labor Department said it received more than $350,000 in back wages for workers at a Michigan construction company who were misclassified as contractors and for a truck driver… Full Article
com CompIQ, Bardavon Launch Automated Referral Process By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 CompIQ Solutions and Bardavon announced a partnership to create an automated referral process for injured workers who need specialized care. The companies said they were integrating CompIQ’s IQSymphony claims portal with… Full Article
com Senate Committee Passes Bill to Increase Provider Options for Federal Workers By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed a bill that would authorize physician assistants and nurse practitioners to treat injured federal workers. The committee on Wednesday voted 12-3… Full Article
com 9th Circuit Establishes LHWCA Compensation for Hearing Loss, Tinnitus By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court ruled that an injured longshoreman who has hearing loss in one ear and bilateral tinnitus is properly compensated at the statutory rate. Case: Total Terminals International LLC… Full Article
com Rail Company Owes $453,510 to Workers Fired Over Safety Concerns By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal judge ordered CSX Transportation Inc. to pay $453,510 to two railroad workers who were fired after raising workplace safety concerns in 2017. The judge also ordered the company to… Full Article
com Supreme Court Suspends Attorney Who Mishandled Comp Cases By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday suspended the license of a Des Moines-area sole practitioner with a long history of discipline involving the mishandling of two workers’ compensation matters. The court… Full Article
com Employers Required to Use Revised Work Comp Notice Poster in September By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents announced that employers must use and display a revised employee notice form, starting Sept. 16. Employers are required to fill out the posters by providing… Full Article
com Report: Lawmaker Failed to Report Outside Employment While Collecting Comp By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Connecticut Insider on Wednesday reported that a state lawmaker received more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits despite having three outside sources of income that he never disclosed. Sen. Paul… Full Article
com Statute of Limitations Ends Inquiry Into Senator's Comp Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice said it ended an inquiry into a state senator who allegedly did not disclose that he was working while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, saying… Full Article
com Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Employer's Claims Against Former Comp Carrier By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that the doctrine of res judicata did not bar an employer’s claims against its former comp carrier for allegedly misleading it into believing it still… Full Article
com Report: Comp Board Claims Candidate Ran Uninsured Business, Owes $52,102 By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Hartford Courant on Thursday reported that the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board alleges a congressional candidate from Connecticut owes $52,102 in fines and penalties for allegedly operating a… Full Article
com WCC Commissioner Marshall Elected Chairman By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that Wesley G. Marshall was elected to a three-year term as chairman, effective Monday. Wesley G. Marshall Marshall succeeds Commissioner Robert A. Rapaport, whose term… Full Article
com Firefighter's Aortic Aneurysm Constitutes Presumptively Compensable Heart Disease By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a firefighter with an aortic aneurysm had presumptively occupational heart disease. Case: Hanover County v. Moore, No. 0715-23-2, 07/09/2024, unpublished. Facts: Scott Moore… Full Article
com Board Applies Wrong Compensability Standard to Asbestos Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review erred in applying the standard of compensability for occupational pneumoconiosis to a widow’s claim for… Full Article
com Worker Gets No Referral for Evaluation of Noncompensable Condition By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a referral to a neurosurgeon for evaluation of a condition that had not been accepted as compensable in a worker’s claim. Case:… Full Article
com Trucking Company Fined After Worker Dies in Confined Space By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited trucking Wayne Transports Inc. after a worker died in a confined space. Justin Erickson, 39, was found dead in the tank of a tanker… Full Article
com Registration for Work Comp Summit Opens Monday By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that it will open registration Monday for its one-day Workers’ Compensation Summit set for Oct. 29. Session topics will include a legislative update… Full Article
com Comp Division Seeks Comments on Independent Medical Exam Rules By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding a meeting to discuss a preliminary draft of updated rules for the independent medical examination process. Draft rules that the division is considering… Full Article
com DWC Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Report Forms By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation seeks public comment on changes to a trio of report forms. The division said it has updated the following forms to conform to the agency’s standards,… Full Article
com Nonsignatory Can't Compel Arbitration of Wrongful Death Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A Texas appellate court ruled that a nonsignatory to an agreement could not compel arbitration of a family’s wrongful death claims despite its purported adoption of an occupational injury benefit… Full Article
com DWC Seeks Input on Legislative Recommendations By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an online survey seeking input on legislative recommendations to include in the upcoming 2024 biennial report to the state Legislature. The division said it… Full Article
com DWC Seeks Comments on Telemedicine Rules By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation seeks public comments on draft rules that would allow doctors to use telemedicine to perform maximum medical improvement examinations. “For example, when a treating doctor treats… Full Article
com Co-Owner of Trucking Company Gets Deferred Adjudication for Fraud By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday announced that the former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking was sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication and ordered to pay restitution… Full Article
com Comp Division Proposes Changes to Pharmacy Benefit Rules By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation posted proposed changes to its pharmacy benefit rules that remove obsolete provisions and update reference language for consistency with other regulations. “When the rules were originally adopted,… Full Article
com DWC Seeks Comments for Routine Rule Review By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on three sections of the Texas Administrative Code as part of a periodic review of its rules and regulations. The division is… Full Article
com DWC Accepts Comments on Rule's Title Change By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on a proposal to correct a duplicate regulatory section title. The DWC is proposing to rename Texas Administrative Code Section 147.10 “Commutation… Full Article
com Registration Opens for Comp Conference By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation opened registration for its Workers’ Compensation Conference being held virtually in October. The conference will feature sessions covering topics that include artificial intelligence, average weekly… Full Article
com Court Dismisses Carrier's Challenge to Compensability Finding By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A Texas appellate court dismissed an insurance carrier’s challenge to a trial judge’s finding of compensability for a worker’s death, ruling that the judgment entered had been void. Case: Texas Mutual… Full Article
com Friendship-Based Employment Can Fall Within Scope of Comp System By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that employment based on friendship does not automatically fall outside the scope of the state workers’ compensation law. Samuel Amos, David Tidwell and Travis Plambeck all… Full Article
com WCB Accepts Comments on Proposed 2025 Fee Schedule By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board is accepting comments on its proposed 2025 Medical Fee Schedule. The board said system users can submit written comments on the proposed changes through Oct. 9… Full Article
com Claimant Confusion Leads to Lawsuits Against Comp Attorney By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A claimants' attorney in Mississippi is facing a trio of lawsuits after having a client arrested for cashing what turned out to be the settlement check of another injured worker… Full Article
com Court Upholds Commission's Method for Determining Worker's AWW but Vacates Calculation By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Commission used an appropriate methodology to calculate a worker’s average weekly wages but miscalculated the amount by relying on an improper… Full Article
com Companies Fined $650,000 After Worker Dies in Storage Facility By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Two companies were fined a combined $650,000 after a worker died in an apple storage facility that had a low oxygen level to prevent fruit from spoiling, the Washington State… Full Article
com Report: DOE Awards New Contract for Hanford Comp Claims By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The U.S. Department of Energy picked a new company to administer workers’ compensation claims from the Hanford nuclear storage facility in Washington state, according to a report by the Tri-City… Full Article
com L&I Fines Roofing Companies $1.27M for Fall Safety Violations By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined four roofing companies a combined $1.27 million for allowing people to work on top of homes without fall protection gear. L&I said… Full Article
com Construction Company Fined for Using Crane to Lift Workers By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a Seattle construction company is facing $155,300 in fines for knowingly putting workers at serious risk of injury or death by… Full Article
com Workers' Compensation Insurance Policies and Principles By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:44 -0800 … Full Article
com Comorbidities and the Cost of Chronic Disease By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:29:15 -0800 85% of Americans have one or more chronic diseases. These diseases delay recovery and healing of an injured worker. This webinar will teach you how to recognize comorbidities, manage them,… Full Article
com Workers' Compensation Basics, History, Terms, Benefits, SJDB By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:08:54 -0800 The Claims Specialist's Start Guide: CA Adjuster Cert Process, Historical Overview, Organizational Structure of WC System, WC Terms and Concepts, Basic Benefits & TD and SJDB Vouchers. Full Article
com Thriving as a Work Comp Medical Provider By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:39:54 -0700 This four hour seminar is an interactive educational program designed for primary treating physicians and specialists managing injured workers. The course is ideally suited for practicing medical providers, chiropractors and… Full Article
com Advanced Rating: Become an Expert By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:50:12 -0700 This training will address advanced permanent disability issues involving major orthopedic and non-orthopedic injuries. Instruction will also include a discussion of Almaraz-Guzman based alternative ratings and a case law review… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 1 By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:27:10 -0800 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 2 By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:03:30 -0800 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 3 By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:42:52 -0800 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 4 By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:52:57 -0800 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 10: Business Relationships By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:54:40 -0800 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 11: Death By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:24:25 -0700 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 12: Hiring and Firing By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:09:46 -0700 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
com 2017 San Diego Work Comp Special By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:42:42 -0800 This course provides essential updates and specific tools for workers' compensation professionals residing in or near San Diego, CA. Instructors will discuss liens, case law updates and the impact SB… Full Article
com Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 13: Marketing and Advertising By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:38:40 -0700 "Work Comp Matters" - the central location for all your workers' compensation, employment and labor law matters. Steve Appell hosts this weekly podcast from sunny southern California - presenting some… Full Article
