California comp carriers and self-insured employers can add licensed clinical social workers to their medical provider networks, under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Sen. Anthony Portantino
Newsom on Tuesday…
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office fined home health care placement agencies $1.8 million for allegedly misclassifying 66 workers as independent contractors to save on wages, taxes and work comp insurance.
The…
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that an employer was not collaterally estopped from challenging causation for a worker’s condition and that the worker failed to prove his condition…
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that physician dispensing workshops that were postponed due to Hurricane Ian are rescheduled for Oct. 19.
The division is proposing changes to rules addressing health…
A Louisiana appellate court overturned the dismissal of an employer’s claim that it had overpaid benefits to an injured stunt performer.
Case: Eilts v. Twentieth Century Fox TV, No. 54,757-WCA, 09/21/2022,…