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NCCI Reports Sustained Increase in Assault Risk for Healthcare, Social Assistance
Healthcare and social assistance are the "center of gravity for workplace violence," the National Council on Compensation Insurance said in a new analysis. The share of days away from work due…
AG, Labor Department Announce Settlement in Misclassification Lawsuit
New Jersey officials announced a $2.775 million settlement with a trucking company accused of misclassifying hundreds of drivers as independent contractors. Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and Kevin D. Jarvis, acting commissioner…
Your Year-End Audit Just Hit You With a $40K Bill — Here’s Why Staffing Agencies Get Blindsided
Your Year-End Audit Just Hit You With a $40K Bill; Here's Why Staffing Agencies Get BlindsidedIf you manage a staffing firm and only some of your payroll and work comp pieces look predictable, this post is for you. Imagine a mid-sized agency where episodic hires...
WCRI: Services Not Covered by Fee Schedules Contribute to Rising Medical Costs
A growing share of medical spending is occurring on services without fee schedule rates, a trend that likely contributed to rising medical payments, according to a new report from the…
Registration Opens for Workplace Safety Conference
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division announced that registration is now open for a two-day event in Bend that will focus on building and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces. The…
Injury to Worker’s Foot Warrants Award Only for Closed Period
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of disability benefits to a worker for a closed period of time for a foot condition. Case: Perez-Martinez v. Dart Container Corp. of…
Worker’s Accident Doesn’t Proximately Cause or Aggravate Preexisting Conditions
The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s industrial accident proximately caused only a concussion and a cervical sprain/strain, but it didn't cause or aggravate his preexisting…
Court: Defendant Deserved Partial Dismissal of Worker’s Claim for Fall Into Hole
A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s claim for his injuries from a fall into…
Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker’s Labor Law Claim for Alleged Fall
A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from a fall off a ladder. Case: Arias v. Allen J. Reyen…
Supreme Court Clarifies How Employer Can Rebut Causation for Police Officer’s PTSD
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an employer is not limited to rebutting the statutory presumption of industrial causation for a police officer's post-traumatic stress disorder with an independent psychological…
Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim; Defendants Get Conditional Judgment
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and that the defendants were entitled to conditional summary judgment…
NCCI: Work Comp Medical Inflation Drops to 1% in June
The National Council on Compensation Insurance reported that medical inflation softened in June, but added that the trend is likely only temporary. NCCI reported that overall workers' compensation medical costs in…