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...
Reversing a decision by the state’s Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Kentucky held that a sole proprietor was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits following a work-related injury where an exclusion endorsement specifically named him...
A Kentucky plaintiff’s claim for retaliatory discharge arises under Kentucky’s workers’ compensation statutes, specifically Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.197 and is nonremovable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1445(c), held a federal district court....
NIOSH Recommends All Workplaces Be Tobacco Free, eCigarette Free . NIOSH Examines High Rate of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Among Poultry Workers . OSHA Updates Workplace Violence Protections for Healthcare, Social Service Workers . CMS Releases Version 4.6 of...
Where an employee sustained a serious work-related injury—a torn thoracic aorta—in February 2006, and died almost four years later, having signed a release as to all future claims against the employer for an agreed upon lump-sum payment, his widow was not precluded...
The Court of Appeals of Kentucky held that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board appropriately dismissed an employee’s claim for benefits where he was engaged in thoroughbred horse training at the time of his injury. That activity clearly fell within the definition...
WCRI Study Updates on Rising Hospital Costs in Workers Compensation . OR WCD Releases Full Report on 2014 WC Premium Rate Ranking . Study on Opioid Tolerance Could Help Pain Patients Stay on Lower Dosages . Study: Risk of Unintentional Overdose Twice as High...
Doctors, Drug Companies Exploit Loopholes in Physician Dispensing . Gig Workers Seek Labor Protections, Benefits . Zurich 4Q Profit Drops 20 Percent . H.R. 994 Would Improve Workers Compensation for Uranium Mining . Affordable Care Act Raises Stakes for...
NCCI President & CEO Stephen J. Klingel Plans to Retire in 2016 . H.R. 436 Would Amend Longshore Act Definition of Recreational Vessels . AK: DWC Updates Online Benefit Calculator . AR: WCRI Releases New Predictors of Worker Outcomes . CA: Postponement...
A divided Supreme Court of Kentucky held that injuries sustained during a paid break by an office worker, when she was hit by a car as she crossed a street in front of her employer’s premises did not arise out of and in the course of her employment because she...
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NCCI Posts Comprehensive WC Financial Results for 2013, Estimates for 2014 . A...
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. WCRI Study Compares Medical Costs for Injured Workers in 16 States . Investigation...
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. AZ: IC Posts 2014-2015 Physician/Pharmaceutical Fee Schedule, eff. 10-1-2014 . ...
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NASI: Job, Earnings Growth Bumps Up Workers Comp Benefits and Costs . Ninth Circuit...
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NCCI Examines State of the Economy and Impact on Workers Comp Insurance . DEA to...