P&T Committee Meeting Oct. 20
The committee that advises the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on evidence-based updates to the prescription drug formulary will hear updates on COVID-19 vaccines and topical analgesics during an Oct.
General Assembly Building Project Subcontractors Charged with Misclassification
Two subcontractors working on the Virginia General Assembly Building remodeling project were charged with ten counts of felony embezzlement each as a result of allegedly misclassifying their workers.
Virginia Attorney General…
DWC Adopts Joint Agreement Forms
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted five forms contractors and subcontractors can use to designate which entity is responsible for providing workers’ compensation coverage.
“The adoption of these forms are…
AM Best: Comp Outpacing P&C Lines, Outlook ‘Negative’ Over Pandemic Uncertainty
AM Best said underwriters of workers’ compensation insurance in 2020 continued their trend of generating better profits than other property and casualty lines of business despite the effects of the…
Cable Installer Didn’t Qualify as ‘Employee’ Working in ‘Construction Industry’
A Florida appellate court upheld the denial of a cable installer’s claim for benefits, finding he had failed to prove he was an independent contractor engaged in the construction industry…
Split Supreme Court Clarifies Availability of TTD for Worker who Declines Offer of Suitable Position
A divided Ohio Supreme Court ordered the Industrial Commission to revisit its decision awarding temporary total disability benefits to a worker who declined her employer’s offer of suitable alternative work…