Based on the record evidence, an Idaho skydiving instructor may have been an employee, not an independent contractor, held the state's Supreme Court. The Court said the matter should be remanded for a proper determination since the magistrate court committed...
Reiterating the rule that the state’s Industrial Commission has broad discretion in weighing medical evidence and determining the credibility of conflicting expert opinions, the Supreme Court of Idaho, in a split decision, affirmed a Commission decision that...
CDC Posts Annual Workers Memorial Day 2016 Message . CDC Examines Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life . CDC Examines Convenience Store Compliance to Reduce Workplace Violence . AZ: ICA Discusses Implementation of RBRVS-based Fee Schedule . CA: Lawsuit...
OSHA Issues Final Rule on Silica Exposure . NAMSAP Proposes Evidence-Based Limits on Opioids for WCMSAs . OSHA Workplace Safety Violation Penalties to Increase 8/1/2016 . Stanford Professor Claims Costs Drop 44 Percent for Companies That Opt Out . HHS Release...
Allegations that an employer knew of the risks and dangers of encountering failed radioactive fuel plates when it ordered an employee to repackage and/or continue the repackaging process, that it failed to warn the employee of the dangers, failed to follow federal...
ProPublica Investigates Tyson Foods’ Push for Workers Comp Changes . Former Security Guards at US Nuclear Weapons Complex Decry Lack of EEOIC Benefits . CDC Publishes 2011 Life Tables . Brookings Publishes Policy Brief on Modernizing Labor Laws for...
NCOIL Commits to Investigate “Opt-Out” Workers’ Comp, Stand Up to Federal Intervention . Third Circuit Rules Temp Workers Can Sue for Bias in Workplace . Telecommuting Challenges How to Measure, Regulate and Compensate Work . Telecommuting...
A.M. Best: U.S. Workers Comp Performance Improves Despite Rate Softening . Travelers, Hartford, AIG Rank as Top Three Workers Comp Insurers in 2014 . Shifting Trends of Prescription Opioids and Heroin Abuse in the US . AK: WCB Approves Changes to Workers...
CompPharma Releases Latest Workers Comp Prescription Drug Management Study . OSHA Moves a Step Closer to Finalizing New Electronic Recordkeeping Rule . Study Finds Long Term Opioid Use Less Effective for 4 out of 5 Women . AZ: NCCI Explains 2.2% Decrease...
GAO Blasts SSA for Inability to Detect Concurrent FECA Payments . Private Investigators Say Drones Useful in Uncovering Workers Comp Fraud . Federal Judge to Rule in Coming Weeks on Uber Class Action Certification . Opioid Use Linked to Poor Outcomes in WC...
An uninsured employer is required to pay $21,201 for Life Flight helicopter services in connection with injuries sustained by a part-time irrigator at the employer’s farm. The employee severely cut the tip of his left “pinky” finger when his hand...
NCCI Posts Latest Economic Outlook and Impact on Workers Comp . Fitch Ratings Announces Top Workers Comp Insurance Writers for 2014 . OSHA Issues Inspection Guidance for Health Care Industry . Columnist: New Worker Category Should Be Created to Cover Gig...
Study: 26 States See Increase in Drug Overdose Death Rate . NIOSH Examines Hazards of Temporary Employment . NIOSH Proposes Adding Over 30 New Drugs to Hazardous Drug List . Uber Adopts No Gun Policy for Drivers, Passengers After Chicago Shooting . Study...
US DOL Plans to Issue Independent Contractor Guidance . Economic Policy Institute Releases White Paper on Misclassification of Workers . Liberty Mutual Pulling Back From Workers’ Comp Insurance Market . Liberty Mutual White Paper Supports Use of Nurse...
NIOSH Research Improves Equipment Design to Help Protect Firefighters . Congressman Wants to Help Gig Economy Survive, Protect On-Demand Worker Rights . Bipartisan Legislation Unveiled for Medicare Secondary Payer, Workers Comp Settlements . AIA Supports...