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Monday, October 31, 2022

WCB Adopts Emergency Telemedicine Rules

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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The New York Workers’ Compensation Board readopted emergency rules allowing telemedicine in some circumstances for 90 days as it develops permanent regulations for remote exams.

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Friday, October 28, 2022

Municipal Employer Must Bargain With Union Over Injured Worker's Termination

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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New York’s highest court ruled that a public employer is required to engage in collective bargaining over the procedures for terminating municipal employees after they

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

DLI Announces Work Comp Campus Training Series

  • State: Minnesota
  • Topic: NORTH
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The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is hosting a training series for everyone who uses its electronic claim system, Work Comp Campus.

Training programs

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Carrier Fails to Cancel Coverage Before Worker's Accident

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier had not effectively canceled an employer’s workers’ compensation coverage prior to an employee’s accident and

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

OSHA Investigates Workplace Death of Sam's Club Employee

  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Topic: NORTH
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Federal investigators with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration are probing the death of a 20-year-old man who was fatally injured in an accident at

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Mason Fails to Prove Lost Time From Work

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a mason did not sustain any lost time from work that was causally related to his

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

AG Announces $15M Settlement With OptumRx for Alleged Overcharges

  • State: Ohio
  • Topic: NORTH
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that OptumRx agreed to repay the state $15 million to resolve allegations of overcharging for drugs prescribed to injured workers.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Ninth Straight Comp Rate Decrease Approved

  • State: Connecticut
  • Topic: NORTH
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday announced that state businesses will see another rate decrease in workers' compensation insurance beginning Jan. 1, 2023.

The Connecticut

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Worker Gets Reclassification to Total Disability Based on Showing of Extreme Hardship

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to reclassification to permanent total disability based on his demonstration of extreme hardship

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Injured Patrol Officer Not Entitled to Expansion of Claim From Assault

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a patrol officer’s request to expand the scope of his claim to include a shoulder injury

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