by Kelia Scott | Aug 22, 2016 | Workers' Comp News
California’s workers’ compensation reforms took hold in January of 2013 with Senate Bill 863, and part of that bill included sections to reduce both lien claims and lien litigations. Lien filing fees were put in place to try and deter excessive lien filings, the...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 19, 2016 | Workers' Comp News
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the start of a pilot in their Western region that will speed up the whistleblower review process. The program started August 1st. Under the new “Expedited Case Processing Pilot”, employees can ask the...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 18, 2016 | Workers' Comp News
If you’re an employer in and you violate a safety regulation you are going to be looking at significantly more expensive fines than in the past. New laws enacted by Congress that planned to increase workplace safety violations by 78 percent took effect August 1st of...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 17, 2016 | Workers' Comp News
The family of a man who died in an accident in a North Dakota oil patch filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the companies that owned the well. A judge recently threw the case out on the grounds that the company should not be held responsible for alleged negligence...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 12, 2016 | Workers' Comp News
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is set to expand their program that incentivizes employers to implement a modified duty return-to-work program for their injured workers. The program rewards employers who allow injured workers to work modified jobs or...
