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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Workplace Safety Fines to Increase With Inflation

  • State: Nevada
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Administrative penalties for Nevada employers that fail to comply with workplace safety requirements increased 1.18% on Friday to keep pace with inflation.

The Nevada Occupational

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Friday, January 15, 2021

DWC to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed COVID-19 Update to MTUS

  • State: California
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The Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing next month to discuss a proposed COVID-19-related update to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule, according

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Friday, January 15, 2021

Bill Would Require Licensed Contractors to Carry Comp Coverage

  • State: California
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A state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require all California contractors to purchase workers’ compensation insurance regardless of whether they claim employees.

Senate

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Friday, January 15, 2021

OSHA Fines Fitness Center More Than $126,000 for COVID-19 Violations

  • State: Oregon
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Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced more than $126,000 in fines levied on a Salem fitness center for “willfully continuing to potentially expose employees”

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Stander Reubens Thomas Kinsey Names Paul Wolfe as Newest Shareholder

  • State: California
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Workers’ compensation defense firm Stander Reubens Thomas Kinsey announced that Paul G. Wolfe has become its newest shareholder.

Paul G. Wolfe

Wolfe

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

CWCI Data Shows December Spike in COVID-19 Claims

  • State: California
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Data published online by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows that more claims for COVID-19 were filed in December than in any other month of

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Bill Would Create Presumption for Hospital Worker Injuries, Illnesses

  • State: California
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California hospital workers would be presumed to have compensable claims for infectious diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and respiratory conditions, under a recently

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Court Upholds Dismissal of Comp Provider's Defamation Claim as SLAPP

  • State: California
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A California appellate court upheld a decision striking a defamation claim by the workers’ compensation insurance providers to a staffing company as a strategic lawsuit against

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Bill Proposes Extending Disease Presumption to Portland Firefighters

  • State: Oregon
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Oregon lawmakers will again take up the question of whether the more than 600 firefighters in Portland should have access to the same presumption that

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

CWCI Announces Death of Former General Counsel Michael McClain

  • State: California
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Staff and the board of directors for the California Workers’ Compensation Institute announced the passing of Michael McClain, who served as the organization's general counsel from

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