Workers Comp Blogwire

Calling Employees Independent Contractors to Avoid Work Comp

Employees or Independent Contractors: How to Tell the Difference New York Attorney Ted Ronca, has some tips on how to differentiate between an “employee” and an

Are Work Comp Rates and Benefits Going Up in Monopolistic States

Beginning on July 1, 2009 self-insured employers in Washington will face a number of changes in workers’ compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits. 1. Employers will now ...

Workers Compensation May Not Be the Only Option for Compensation

The Missouri Labor Department’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is issuing over $2.4 million from the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund to 62 tort victims who ...

Peer Review Recognized Texas Workers Comp Safety Issues

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) Peer Review Safety Award Program recognizes Texas employers with comprehensive safety programs. Once approved, these ...

How to Write a Letter Requesting Workers Comp Info

Throughout the workers’ compensation process you will frequently need to write letters requesting information from health care professionals, your claims adjuster, a broker and more. ...

Owner of Asbestos Mine Agrees to Address Contamination

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that as part of a multi-site settlement, G-I Holdings Inc. has agreed to address asbestos contamination caused by its ...

Mother's Occupational Exposure to Pesticide Increases Child's Risk of Leukemia

A recent study by the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment of the University of Ottawa finds that an increased risk of childhood leukemia ...

Al Franken and EFCA

After months of litigation, Al Franken has been declared the winner of the Senate race in Minnesota. He will be the 60th Democrat in the ...

Judge Robert E. Beloten Appointed New York Workers Compensation Board Chairman

When I first started practicing workers' compensation law in the early 1990's at the Hempstead, NY hearing office, Robert (Bob) Beloten was one of the sitting ...

Washington Supreme Court Decides Morgan v. Kingen - Bankruptcy is No Defense

The Washington Supreme Court issued a decision today in Morgan v. Kingen, holding that bankruptcy is not a valid defense to a willful withholding of ...