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OH BWC Hires New Investment Director
OH BWC Hires New Investment Director

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) - Walt Stubbings joined the Investment Division of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) as the new Director of Investments on January 31. He has assumed many of the duties and […]
Vickie Kennedy and Ryan Guppy Join Linea Solutions' Expanding Workers’ Compensation Practice
Vickie Kennedy and Ryan Guppy Join Linea Solutions' Expanding Workers’ Compensation Practice

Marina del Rey, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Linea Solutions is pleased to announce the hiring of Vickie Kennedy as Vice President - Workers’ Compensation and Ryan Guppy as Director - Work Disability Prevention. Both join Linea […]
Direct and Natural Consequences Rule Remains Intact
Direct and Natural Consequences Rule Remains Intact

The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled earlier this week that the Reform Act of 2013 didn’t affect the longstanding “direct and natural consequences rule” for causation. The Board additionally held that the trial court […]
Joe Paduda Explores Electronic Payments in Workers’ Comp During March 18 Webinar
Joe Paduda Explores Electronic Payments in Workers’ Comp During March 18 Webinar

Plainfield, NH (WorkersCompensation.com) - Although widely adopted by other healthcare payers, electronic payments have yet to be fully embraced by workers’ compensation. Health Strategy Associates Principal Joe Paduda will share reasons for this along with other […]
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Lifted – Terminating The Rebuttable Presumption
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Lifted – Terminating The Rebuttable Presumption

At his final COVID-19 press briefing, NJ Governor Phil Murphy announced the signing of Executive Order No. 292, which lifts the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. The order effectively ends the liberalized span of time that […]
NJ DOL and Workforce Development Transmits $16 Million Worker Misclassification Case Against Lyft to the Office of Administrative Law
NJ DOL and Workforce Development Transmits $16 Million Worker Misclassification Case Against Lyft to the Office of Administrative Law

Trenton, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) - The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has advanced its worker misclassification case against Lyft to the courts, asking an administrative law judge to confirm the Department’s assessment […]
Federal Judge Orders Hannibal Cement Mine to Pay $17.5K Penalty for Shorting Pay of Worker Who Assisted Safety Inspectors
Federal Judge Orders Hannibal Cement Mine to Pay $17.5K Penalty for Shorting Pay of Worker Who Assisted Safety Inspectors

Hannibal, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) - A federal administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered a Hannibal cement company to pay a worker the company penalized for assisting federal safety investigators during a site visit. On […]
Acknowledgement in WC: It Matters
Acknowledgement in WC: It Matters

From a very early age in life, we want to be acknowledged. We want to be seen and we want to be heard. As we grow older, we want to be appreciated, to be valued, […]