HI: Kilauea Takes Away Wages, but There's Been Only One Injury So Far

• 05/24/18
• Liz Carey

Pahoa, HI (WorkersCompensation.com) – After weeks of lava flowing from Kilauea, thousands are out of work from closings, or lack of tourism.  Kilauea began erupting on May 3 with more than 20 ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 5/24, Thursday Edition

• 05/24/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) Best Blogs 2018: Winners Announced! Winners have been announced for the WorkersCompensation.com 2018 Workers’ Comp Best Blogs. For more information, ...
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WV Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Work Comp Benefits to Widow

• 05/23/18
• Liz Carey

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a Workers’ Compensation Board of Reviews denial of benefits to the widow of a worker who ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 5/23, Wednesday Edition

• 05/23/18
• Dara Barney

1) CA: Former Landscaping Co. Employee Faces Jail Time and $150G Fine for Work Comp Fraud Santa Paula resident Jose Alvizo-Rodriguez pleaded guilty this week to work comp fraud, writes  Jeremy Childs ...
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Hospital Violence is on the Rise

• 05/22/18
• Liz Carey

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Hospital workers say the level of violence directed toward nurses and doctors is on the rise.  In early May, employees at Chicago’s Mount Sinai ...
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Expensive Payments and High Insurance Rates: Is Work Comp Under Fire, and What are We Doing About it?

• 05/22/18
• Chriss Swaney

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Workers’ compensation is treading water in several states where lawmakers are attempting to pass legislation to curb expensive payments and create more ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 5/22, Tuesday Edition

• 05/22/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) NJ: Risk Manager Involved in $2.3M False Medical Services Scheme “The city (of Paterson) paid $2.3 million last year for employee medical services to ...
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Two Officers and Two Teachers Among the Dead and Wounded in TX School Shooting

• 05/21/18
• Liz Carey

Santa Fe, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – Authorities confirmed that two police officers and two teachers at a high school in Santa Fe were among the injured and dead in a school shooting there on ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 5/21, Monday Edition

• 05/21/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) NCCI AIS: The Conference Might Be Over, But WorkersCompensation.com Coverage Isn't NCCI AIS accompanied more thunderstorms and sideways rain with a multitude of ...
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