Cal/OSHA Issues Advisory on Worker Safety for Regions with Wildfire Smoke

Current News :
• 11/12/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Oakland,CA (WorkersCompensation.com)  - Cal/OSHA is advising employers that special precautions must be taken to protect workers from hazards from wildfire smoke. Smoke from wildfires contains ...
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Office Approves 13.8% Decrease to Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates

Current News :
• 11/12/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Tallahassee,FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has issued a Final Order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance ...
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Average Time Lost Due to Workplace Injury Continues to Increase

Current News :
• 11/12/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Halifax,NS (WorkersCompensation.com) – WCB Nova Scotia’s Report to the Community for the second quarter of 2018 tells the story of a province where fewer injuries are happening – but when ...
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Welcome to Kids' Chance Awareness Week 2018

From Bob's Cluttered Desk :
• 11/12/18
• Robert Wilson

Today marks the beginning of the Third Annual Kids’ Chance Awareness Week, where the workers’ compensation industry gets to pull out all the stops to make everyone aware of this terrific ...
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After Dynamex, What?

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 11/12/18
• Julius Young

Will the 2018 California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex actually have less impact on California workers’ comp than some might have believed? Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior ...
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Weekly Regulatory Roundup from Nov. 9

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 11/12/18
• Work Safe, Texas Blog

Regulatory Roundup is a weekly compilation of employee wellness and safety news. You can read the full article by clicking the titles below. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
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Hardwired Hacking

The Experts View :
• 11/12/18
• David Langham

There is a great deal of concern and angst about our privacy. I have written about DNA testing in Science, the Right to Privacy and Big Brother. Our interest in constitutionally recognized privacy, and ...
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An Update on Work Comp Rates for Employers

Featured News :
• 11/12/18
• FJ Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – October was the month of reductions in work comp employer costs for many states this year. See below for specifics on costs and recent news in multiple ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 11/12, Monday Edition

Featured News :
• 11/12/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) FL: Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested at the Airport for Allegedly Pushing Flight Attendant Derrick Gilbert, a police officer who was traveling (off-duty) from ...
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