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22 Worker Safety Tips
22 Worker Safety Tips

Summer Safety Tips Soaring temperatures, busy travel times and the potential for strong storms and wildfires are some of the unique hazards businesses can face in the summertime. 1. Keep outdoor workers hydrated by providing plenty […]
Laborer May Obtain Benefits Stemming from car Flipping on way from Jobsite
Laborer May Obtain Benefits Stemming from car Flipping on way from Jobsite

Danville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – When travelling is an implicit part of a worker’s job, the “coming and going rule” may not insulate the employer from claims over injuries that occur while on the road.  A […]
US Labor Department Announces Alliance With Kansas City Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Committee to Promote Workplace Safety
US Labor Department Announces Alliance With Kansas City Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Committee to Promote Workplace Safety

Kansas City, MO (WorkersCompensation.com)  ‒ Recognizing the need for developing safe electrical work practices at the start of a career, the Kansas City Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee – a training apprenticeship program for […]
Comp Carriers Prevail in Alleged Claimant Data "Hacking" Claim
Comp Carriers Prevail in Alleged Claimant Data "Hacking" Claim

Los Angeles, CA (WorkCompAcademy) - A putative class action has been in various stages of litigation, in both state and federal courts since 2015, against Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company, its wholly owned subsidiary Cypress […]
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Elects Francisco A. Aristeguieta to Board of Directors
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Elects Francisco A. Aristeguieta to Board of Directors

Worchester, MA (WorkersCompensation.com)  -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) today announced Francisco A. Aristeguieta has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective today. Aristeguieta is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience […]
Court Creates New Settlement Templates
Court Creates New Settlement Templates

“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” – Pat Riley “On occasion we need to make a second effort – and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many […]
Central New Jersey Facility to Pay $273K to Resolve COVID-related Respirator Violations
Central New Jersey Facility to Pay $273K to Resolve COVID-related Respirator Violations

OSHA finds employers failed to ensure safe respirator use while testing hundreds daily.  A Central New Jersey medical facility and temporary staffing agency failed to ensure the safety and health of nurses giving flu shots […]
The United States Supreme Court Rules Medicaid May Seek Recovery from Settlement Payments Representing Future Medical Care
The United States Supreme Court Rules Medicaid May Seek Recovery from Settlement Payments Representing Future Medical Care

In a major development on the Medicaid compliance front, the United States Supreme Court (“Court”) in Gallardo v. Marstiller, 2022 WL 1914096 (U.S. June 6, 2022), held, in part, that the Medicaid Act’s anti-lien provision did […]