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
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule governing durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and
… Read more »A bill that would allow electronic signatures on documents and filings in proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board was amended to conform to standards
… Read more »California lawmakers passed a bill that would require posters informing employees about their workers’ compensation rights to include an advisement about the right to consult
… Read more »The California Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday will hear testimony on proposals to provide temporary disability for medical treatment, create a presumption that heat injuries
… Read more »A federal jury convicted a labor organization and its owners of fraud for falsely representing that national insurers backed the work comp coverage it provided
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order updating the physician and nonphysician practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule for the third
… Read more »The California Labor Commissioner's Office on Tuesday announced that it fined Amazon $5.9 million for violating the state’s warehouse quota law.
Amazon failed to provide
… Read more »The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to reopen his claim arising out of a car accident.
Case: Parr v.
… Read more »A California appellate court revived a widow’s civil suit against an employer for her husband’s fatal COVID-19 infection.
Case: Chavez v. Alco Harvesting LLC, No.
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