The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Dollar Tree Stores Inc. $32,000 for repeated violations of workplace safety requirements.
The penalty was issued following
… Read more »The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division published updated cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers.
Hospital reimbursement is calculated by
… Read more »Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara appointed three members to the California Insurance Guarantee Association board of governors and one member to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating
… Read more »The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a retail worker, finding she failed to prove her alleged back injury was a second
… Read more »The Alaska state House of Representatives passed a bill that would increase the cap on permanent impairment benefits by more than 54%, to $273,000 from
… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to adopt changes
… Read more »The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that an abuse-of-discretion standard of review applies to a decision by the Department of Labor and Industries to adjust
… Read more »The U.S. Supreme Court next month will hear the Biden administration’s challenge to a Washington state law that presumes the compensability of certain conditions suffered
… Read more »Colorado’s Pinnacol Assurance announced that it started distributing $50 million to more than 51,000 companies throughout the state Tuesday.
Pinnacol said nearly 95% of policyholders
… Read more »The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a nurse case manager for injuries she suffered while taking a walk during a
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Oct 20-22, 2024
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