by Kelia Scott | May 29, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered a Florida flight training company to reinstate one of their employees after he was fired for raising safety concerns. The company was ordered to reinstate the...
by Kelia Scott | May 24, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation approved the plan to rebate $1.5 billion in premiums to 180,000 employers in the state. This rebate to employers will equal 85 percent of premiums paid for the policy year that ended June 30, 2017 (the calendar year for public...
by Kelia Scott | May 24, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
Liberty Mutual released their 2018 Workplace Safety Index which ranks the top 10 causes of serious, nonfatal workplace injuries with the goal of bringing awareness to workplaces so that businesses can better identify risk areas and allocate safety resources. The order...
by Kelia Scott | May 23, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
California Senate Bill 189 will go into effect on July 1st this year. The bill allows officers and directors of companies to opt out of workers’ comp coverage if they own a certain percentage of the business, lowering the threshold of ownership from 15 percent to 10...
by Kelia Scott | May 23, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute’s “CompScope Benchmarks for Illinois, 18th Edition” shows that the state’s average total cost per workers’ compensation claim grew 1 to 3 percent annually since 2012. The study looked at state claims data through March 31,...
