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.
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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 New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced that the owners of a non-emergency medical transportation company were charged with providing false payroll information to reduce their workers’ compensation insurance costs.
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a permanent partial disability award to an injured construction worker with a history of back and neck issues.
Case: Shepherd v. Cornerstone Interiors Inc.,…
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,…
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Massachusetts demolition company $1.2 million following an investigation into a worker’s death on a project in Boston.
A heavy equipment operator working…