Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Connecticut Adds Cancer Presumption to Firefighters’ Workers’ Compensation
Aug 31 2023 // A new Connecticut law making it easier for firefighters who develop cancer to receive workers’ compensation benefits will go into effect on October 1, 2023. Approved as part of the state budget bill, this law creates...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Announces 3.9% Rate Reduction for Public Employers in 2024
Aug 30 2023 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a 3.9% rate reduction for the state’s public employers, a rate cut that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2024. The rate reduction will result in nearly $8 million...
New Hampshire Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 14% in 2024
Aug 29 2023 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) recently approved a workers’ compensation rate proposal that will reduce voluntary loss costs by 14% on average. The new rates will apply to policies effective starting...
OSHA Orders Vermont Firm to Rehire Environmental Whistleblower, Pay Damages
Aug 29 2023 // In early June 2022, an employee of a Vermont agricultural equipment company observed the company pumping wastewater from the facility’s service bays onto the ground bordering the Winooski River in Berlin and was...
Kentucky Supreme Court: Docs Must Bill for Injured Workers Within 45 Days
Aug 29 2023 // Medical providers who treat injured workers in Kentucky must bill the employer/insurer within 45 days, even before a workers’ compensation claim has been filed and before an employer’s liability has been...
NCCI Calls for Average 15% Decrease in Florida Workers’ Compensation Rates
Aug 29 2023 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has proposed an average 15.1% decrease in rates for Florida, starting Jan. 1, the latest and one of the largest reduction recommendations in more than a decade of rate...
OSHA Investigates Chemical Solvent Leak at GM-LG Battery Plant in Ohio
Aug 24 2023 // The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery plant jointly owned by General Motors GM.N and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution...
Dollar Tree Inc. Agrees to Improve Safety and Pay $1.35M in Fines: OSHA
Aug 23 2023 // Dollar Tree Inc. and subsidiary Family Dollar have entered an agreement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to make operational changes within two years. The Department of Labor’s OSHA said...
Shot-at FedEx Driver, Now on Workers’ Comp, Has Been Fired, Attorney Says
Aug 23 2023 // A Black FedEx delivery driver who says two white men shot at and chased him in Mississippi in 2022 has now been fired from his job, he and his attorney said Monday. “I honestly feel disrespected,” the former...
NIP Group Addresses Utility Contractors’ Insurance and Safety Concerns with UtilityPro’s Nationwide Workers Compensation Expansion
Aug 22 2023 // WOODBRIDGE, N.J., August 22, 2023 – Recognizing the critical role of Workers Compensation in the cost structure and strategy of Utility Contractors, NIP Group is excited to announce the nationwide expansion of its...
Ohio Foundry’s Failure to Protect Workers Led to Fatal Steam Explosion, OSHA Finds
Aug 16 2023 // A federal workplace safety investigation into a Beford, Ohio foundry explosion that caused the death of a maintenance supervisor and injuries to 15 other employees found the operator, I. Schumann & Co. LLC, failed to...
Harford Mutual Completes Merger With Workers’ Compensation Writer ClearPath
Aug 16 2023 // Maryland-based commercial property/casualty insurer Harford Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has received final approval from the Maryland Insurance Administration of its merger with ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co.,...
Cal/OSHA Issues High Heat Advisory to Employers
Aug 15 2023 // Cal/OSHA is advising all employers to protect workers from heat illness as high temperatures are forecast throughout the state. The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for some areas through 17. Some of...
New York Workers’ Compensation Fund Returned $585 Million to Employers
Aug 15 2023 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF), the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, allocated $585 million to New York employers last year through its dividends and return-of-premium programs. Every...
Worker Injured as Explosion at Texas Paint Plant Sends Fireballs into Sky
Aug 8 2023 // GARLAND, Texas (AP) – A worker was injured early Monday when an explosion set a paint manufacturing plant in the Dallas suburbs ablaze and shot a series of fireballs into the night sky. A company spokesperson said the...
Oregon OSHA Cites Contractor for Multiple Job Safety Violations
Aug 8 2023 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro contractor Arm & Hammer Construction Inc. $66,420 for multiple violations of workplace safety rules. In one violation, the company repeatedly failed to...
$40M Lawsuit by Virginia Teacher Who Was Shot: Civil Court or Workers’ Compensation?
Aug 7 2023 // Lawyers for a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia board, argued that discovery should wait can start the process of interviewing eyewitnesses, reviewing the boy’s disciplinary files and...
Workers’ Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers
Aug 7 2023 // Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace...
Vermont Workers’ Comp Changes Now in Effect
Aug 7 2023 // Vermont’s workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability and for dependent children, as well as the work search requirement for injured workers returning to the job market, changed starting July...
WCRI: Inflation Not a Big Deal for Workers’ Comp, Yet
Aug 4 2023 // While fast-rising prices in the past year drove up claim costs for auto and property insurers, inflation has been a more ho-hum affair for the workers’ compensation line and health care in general, according to a new...
