
Some California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation workers would be eligible for a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable, injury under recently introduced
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Police and emergency medical services first responders would have a presumptive workers' compensation injury if they are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder relative to a workplace
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California lawmakers appear poised to deliberate whether to extend to full-time members of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s boating safety unit the same presumptions afforded
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The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries fined AAA Contractors $437,581 for safety violations following its investigation of a fatal trench collapse.
Surjit Gill, 36,
… Read more »The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations is holding a workshop Feb. 27 on proposed rules allowing lump sum payments for some injured workers permanently disabled
… Read more »Criminal prosecutors in Southern California dismissed fraud charges filed against an actress accused of receiving $90,000 in benefits while working on a television show.
… Read more »California lawmakers introduced bills containing provisions that would expand the types of workers workers covered by post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer presumptions that are
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Lawmakers in Washington state would like to overturn a Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals decision denying a COVID-19 claim and amend the definition of “occupational
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Independent medical review upheld 92.8% of appealed utilization review determinations in calendar year 2021, the highest upholding rate in any year since the administrative process
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California employers would be allowed to continue using prepaid debit cards for indemnity benefits through the end of 2024, under recently introduced legislation.
Assemblywoman Lisa
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