WorkersCompensation.com Statement on Impact of Hurricane Irma

• 09/07/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Update 1:00PM, 9/11/2017: The impact from Hurricane Irma in Sarasota seems to have been less than originally expected. All WorkersCompensation.com personnel are safe, and appear to have experienced no ...
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ILO: Global Cost of Work-Related Injuries and Deaths Totals Almost $3 Trillion

• 09/07/17
• National Safety Council

Singapore – The economic impact of failing to invest in worker safety and health is nearly equal to the combined gross domestic product of the 130 poorest countries in the world, International Labor ...
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Workplace Safety Can Give Small Business Owners a Recruiting Edge, EMPLOYERS Survey Finds

• 09/07/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Reno, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) - With the U.S. unemployment rate hovering at 4.4 percent, small businesses looking to grow may have a harder time finding talent to fill open positions. Many factors ...
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Former CHP Officer Sentenced for Felony Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud

• 09/07/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Brian Christopher Hansen pled no contest to felony insurance fraud.  The Honorable Jaime Román sentenced Hansen to 180 days county jail and 5 years ...
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Central Florida Man Convicted of Fraud Scheme Ordered to Pay More Than $1 Million in Restitution

• 09/06/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Fort Myers, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and the Department of Financial Services (DFS) today announced the recent conviction of Ivan Alberto Hernandez-Madrigal ...
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WA L&I Offering Grants to Help Workplace Safety and Health Innovations Come to Life

• 09/06/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Tumwater, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Every year, hundreds of people are hurt or killed on the job in Washington. The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is always looking for ways to make ...
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TX DWC Names Timothy P. Riley Deputy Commissioner of Compliance and Investigations

• 09/06/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation today announced the hiring of Timothy P. Riley as the Division’s new Deputy Commissioner of Compliance and ...
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Utah Coal Mines Honored For Safe Operations

• 09/06/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Salt Lake City, UT (WorkersCompensation.com) - A new director has been appointed to manage the Utah Labor Commission’s budget and day-to-day finances. Kent Houghton, director of the office in Price, ...
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Senate Bill 66 and MO Work Comp Law: What You Need to Know

• 09/05/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Columbia, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) - Missouri employers who have workers compensation insurance need to know how MO Senate Bill 66 (SB 66) is changing work comp law. The changes have important impacts on ...
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