Foreign-born workers account for 18 percent of deaths on the job

Featured News :
• 01/14/19
• Liz Carey

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Immigrants, regardless of their legal status, accounted for nearly 20 percent of all fatal injuries in 2017, according to a report out by the US Bureau of ...
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5 Things to Know Monday 1/14 Edition

Featured News :
• 01/14/19
• Nancy Grover

Proposals for a cancer presumption law in Virginia and faster resolution of billing disputes in New York, along with the latest on commercial insurance rates are among the latest workers’ comp items to ...
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County Did Not Violate ADA When It Proposed A Half-Time Office Job With Full Pay But Refused To Grant Other Accommodations Requested By Plaintiff

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 01/14/19
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

One of the most difficult issues for employers to deal with is the work injury which leaves an employee with lasting difficulties in performing job duties.  Employers encounter this frequently with ...
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NY: Arraignment in Worker’s Compensation Grand Larceny Case

Current News :
• 01/14/19
• WorkersCompensation.com

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - District Attorney P. David Soares announced today that JOSEPH TORRE, 51, of East Greenbush, NY, was arraigned on (1) Count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a ...
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Dallas Utilities Contractor Cited After Worker Suffers Fatal Gas Exposure

Current News :
• 01/14/19
• WorkersCompensation.com

Dallas, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RKM Utility Services Inc. for failing to protect workers from ...
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IL AG Madigan Joins Coalition Opposing Proposed Rule Weakening Employee Protections

Current News :
• 01/14/19
• WorkersCompensation.com

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined a coalition of 11 attorneys general opposing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposal to unreasonably ...
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Legislation Pre-Filed to Improve Alaska’s Worker’s Compensation System

Current News :
• 01/14/19
• WorkersCompensation.com

Juneau, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) -  Representative Andy Josephson pre-filed legislation to make vital improvements to Alaska’s Workers Compensation system. House Bill 30 features several ...
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Empty Preemption of Workers' Compensation: Parallels Between the Hanford Nuclear Facility and Air Ambulance Disputes

The Experts View :
• 01/14/19
• Michael C. Duff

I am interested in conflicts between federal and state law in the context of workers’ compensation. And I am especially interested in a phenomenon I have called “empty preemption”: when ...
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Wanted: 80 Hour a Week Part Time Assistant for Egotistical Twit

From Bob's Cluttered Desk :
• 01/14/19
• Robert Wilson

No, I’m not looking for an assistant. This story is about some other egotistical twit. Actually, it is about someone who sounds like an egomaniacal dumbass; one who needs an assistant to do his actual ...
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