FL Senate Committee Approves Cancer Presumption Bill

• 02/02/17
• John Gerboth

Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - In a typical workers’ compensation claim, the burden of proving that the injury was work-related lies with the claimant. For Florida firefighters who are ...
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Hungry Hungry HIPAA: Could It Mean Potential Liability for Medical Providers?

• 02/02/17
• John Gerboth

(WorkersCompensation.com) - For more than 20 years, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been the law of the land. The voluminous act contains many provisions not relevant to ...
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A Review of ‘Red Flags’ in Liberty Mutual’s Annual Study

• 02/02/17
• Angela Underwood

(WorkersCompensation.com) - Overexertion and same-level falls remain the top two causes of U.S. employers' workers’ compensation payouts, according to an annual study by Liberty Mutual ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 2/2, Thursday Edition

• 02/02/17
• Dara Barney

Rousmaniere: Immigration and the Bob/Scarlett Test  The Trump administration’s crack down on immigration has arrived as swiftly as promised. On its fourth business day, the administration ...
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Five Things You Should Know: 2/1, Wednesday Edition

• 02/01/17
• Dara Barney

Report Finds 48 NC Workers Were Killed on the Job in 2016  48 laborers were killed on the job in North Carolina last year, 44 male deaths and 4 female deaths. That's the highest it's been in six ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 1/31, Tuesday Edition

• 01/31/17
• Dara Barney

Peter Rousmaniere Joins WorkersCompensation.com as Columnist     Noted workers’ compensation columnist Peter Rousmaniere will become a regular contributor to the ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 1/30, Monday Edition

• 01/30/17
• Dara Barney

CT Restaurant Ceases Operations After a Stop-Work Order   Los Emperios Restaurant out of West Hartford, CT was closed over the weekend, after a big red sign labeled a state stop-work order and ...
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Five Things to Catch Up On: 1/29, Weekend Edition

• 01/29/17
• Dara Barney

John Ruser and WCRI: Let’s Keep The Dialogue Alive (1/27, FRIDAY EDITION) As the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) enters its 34th year and prepares for its annual ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 1/27, Friday Edition

• 01/27/17
• Dara Barney

John Ruser and WCRI: Let’s Keep The Dialogue Alive     As the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) enters its 34th year and prepares for its annual conference in ...
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