The Idaho Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a Walmart employee’s widow based on the statutory presumption that the employee's death arose in
… Read more »The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s suicide, finding competent evidence supported a conclusion the worker’s death was causally-related
… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court upheld a denial of death benefits to the minor child of a worker who died in a car accident after an
… Read more »A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a Labor Law claim.
Case: Holler v. Dominion Energy Transmission
… Read more »Oregon’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced a two-day training conference in January that will provide safety training for workers in the residential, commercial
… Read more »The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Actuarial Committee is meeting virtually at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 5.
Committee members will review experience of
… Read more »The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation reminded Texas employers about winter weather safety for workers. DWC published the latest edition of the agency’s electronic Safety@Work
… Read more »The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries is considering rulemaking activities to update billing and coding requirements for naturopathic physicians.
The department said in
… Read more »A California appellate court upheld a finding that a traveling worker’s death from a car accident occurred within the course and scope of her employment,
… Read more »The California Department of Industrial Relations posted 2024 assessments rates for insured and self-insured employers.
Insurers must apply the rates established by the department to
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