MA: Sports Bar Shut Down Over Lack of Work Comp Insurance

• 04/09/18
• Liz Carey

Lunenburg, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Massachusetts sports bar has been closed and its liquor license has been suspended for two weeks after it re-opens. The bar failed to provide city officials ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 4/9, Monday Edition

• 04/09/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) CA: Vega’s Cleaning Service Owner Could Face Up to 10 Years in Prison, More than $425K in Restitution, for Alleged Work Comp Fraud Cleaning company owner ...
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Five Things to Catch Up On: 4/8, Weekend Edition

• 04/08/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) CA YouTube Shooting Update: Most Employees OK, But Comp Coverage Could Be Tricky (FRIDAY) Nasim Najagi Aghdam, identified as the shooter (in her 30s) from ...
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CA: Most of YouTube's San Bruno Employees OK after Shooting; But May Struggle to get Needed Work Comp Coverage

• 04/06/18
• Liz Carey

San Bruno, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Although few of the more than 1,100 employees of YouTube at the company’s San Bruno office were injured in the shooting this week ...
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Undocumented, and Unprotected? 'Displaced Worker' Label Could Make Process Easier in DE

• 04/06/18
• Phil Yacuboski

This is the next article in WorkersCompensation.com's “Undocumented, and Unprotected?” series, as our writers explore what is it like to be an undocumented worker in the U.S., and what ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: Friday, 4/6 Edition

• 04/06/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) CA YouTube Shooting Update: Most Employees OK, But Comp Coverage Could Be Tricky Nasim Najagi Aghdam, identified as the shooter (in her 30s) from Tuesday, ...
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National: President's War on Opioids Includes Prescription Limits

• 04/05/18
• Liz Carey

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Among President Donald Trump’s initiatives on curbing the opioid epidemic are plans to reduce the over-prescription of opioids, and the development of a ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 4/5, Thursday Edition

• 04/05/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) NY: Thruway Worker Caught Installing Pools While Receiving Comp Benefits Sanborn resident Dean Anthony has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud at ...
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CA: Shooter Opens Fire at YouTube HQ

• 04/04/18
• Liz Carey

San Bruno, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A female suspect is dead and at least four others are injured after the suspect opened fire inside the offices of YouTube’s California headquarters. ...
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