A Texas appellate court ruled that a temporary employee, who alleges she was discharged by her staffing agency at a client company’s request after she suffered a work-related injury, could…
A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a hotel housekeeper for her injuries from a stairwell mishap as well as an award of fees and penalties against her…
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that the number of claims for COVID-19 fell in June after climbing in May.
The DWC reports 591 COVID-19 claims were filed in June,…
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California published an update to the loss elimination ratios used in the computation of classification relativities for the recently approved Sept. 1 regulatory…
The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would allow coverage of services from licensed clinical social workers and allow employers to add them to their medical networks.
Sen. Anthony Portantino
The…
California Senate President Toni Atkins amended her bill that would reduce the time employers have to accept liability for workers’ compensation claims to remove provisions involving claims for COVID-19 that…