Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed bills to ensure that motor carriers can monitor truck drivers without the risk of establishing an employer-employee relationship and to repeal a statute authorizing assessments…
Tennessee lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for firefighters and unanimously passed a grant program bill to help employers cover the costs…
The California Senate’s labor committee passed bills that would require that utilization review physicians are licensed in the state and have the same duty of care as treating physicians, as well…
A New York appellate court overturned a partial grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his fall from a plywood platform.
Case: Fischer v. VNO 225 W.
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board failed to provide a sufficient explanation for its reasoning in a dispute over an award of penalties to allow for…