http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2009-11-07T20:20:57-05:00 http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/illinois_independent_contractors_and_workers.html 2009-11-07T11:13:06-05:00 2009-11-07T11:13:06-05:00 Illinois Workers Comp Law Blog A recent case decided at the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission shows once again that you never should let your employer or their insurance company tell http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/chscleaked.html 2009-11-06T09:42:00-05:00 2009-11-06T09:42:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Oakland, CA (CompNewsNetwork) - A group of employer representatives led by Sean McNally, of Grimmway Farms, and a group of labor leaders led by Angie http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/vandmtsf.html 2009-11-06T09:36:00-05:00 2009-11-06T09:36:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Helena, MT (CompNewsNetwork) - Kurt Vandervalk argued that one of his settled workers’ compensation claims should be reopened and that he should receive wage-loss and http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/txrate.html 2009-11-06T09:35:00-05:00 2009-11-06T09:35:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Austin, TX (CompNewsNetwork) - Private industry workplaces in Texas reported a total of 234,559 nonfatal injuries and illnesses during 2008. The incidence rate of 3.1 http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/oshaseafood.html 2009-11-06T09:34:00-05:00 2009-11-06T09:34:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork Braintree, MA (CompNewsNetwork) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Northern Wind Inc., a New Bedford, Mass., seafood http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/oshatech.html 2009-11-06T09:32:00-05:00 2009-11-06T09:32:00-05:00 compnewsnetwork West Carrollton, OH (CompNewsNetwork) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has concluded the second of two investigations into a http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/high_unemployment_rates_amp_the.html 2009-11-06T09:28:00-05:00 2009-11-06T09:28:00-05:00 Republished with permission from Jon L. Gelman Soaring unemployment rates will continue to have a critical impact upon the nation's workers' compensation system. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released numbers revealing http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/canada_brochure_about_workplace_safety.html 2009-11-05T19:30:37-05:00 2009-11-05T19:30:37-05:00 Republished with permission from ReduceYourWorkersComp.com New Resources Help Alberta Workers Stay Safe on Ice It all started  when a snowcat driver and his vehicle went through the ice while constructing an http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/nine_ideas_for_how_to.html 2009-11-05T19:12:52-05:00 2009-11-05T19:12:52-05:00 Republished with permission from ReduceYourWorkersComp.com We all know  the time from the moment of injury to final resolution can be lengthy. A competent business manages the process in an organized http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/three_common_types_of_workers.html 2009-11-05T18:58:11-05:00 2009-11-05T18:58:11-05:00 Republished with permission from ReduceYourWorkersComp.com From the Fraud Blotter A survey of what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers’ comp fraud, listing recent