Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines

All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Business Owners Have a New Workers Compensation Resource

Sep 21 2021 // Wells Media Publishes Workers Compensation in Two Hours: The Business Owner’s Guide to an Exceptional Workers Compensation ProgramPhoenix, AZ, September 21, 2021 – Workers compensation program management can be...

California Contractors Charged in $5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

Sep 20 2021 // The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office along with the California Department of Insurance on Monday announced charges against multiple suspects in an organized insurance and workers’ compensation fraud...

Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year

Sep 20 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced earlier this month.The decline in costs marks nine years of...

Connecticut Woman Arrested for Workers’ Comp Benefits Fraud

Sep 16 2021 // A Newtown, Connecticut, woman was arrested and charged with illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits while being employed as a supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services for the Town of New Fairfield Board of...

How Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Test OSHA

Sep 14 2021 // The U.S. agency in charge of the Biden administration’s new rules requiring COVID-19 vaccination at many private workplaces faces stiff challenges in developing and enforcing the mandate.President Joe Biden announced...

Biden’s Vaccine Plan Puts OSHA in Spotlight; Expected to Trigger Legal Challenges

Sep 13 2021 // President Joe Biden’s sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: “Have at it.”The administration is gearing up for another major clash...

California Business Owner Arraigned in $2.5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

Sep 13 2021 // Zachary Navo, 38, of Visalia, Calif., was arraigned yesterday on five felony counts of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation revealed he allegedly underreported wages by over $2.5 million...

Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year

Sep 9 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced on Thursday.The decline in costs marks nine years of average...

Beyond the Headlines: Workplace Violence and Workers Compensation Claims

Sep 9 2021 // Whenever a legal dispute arises as to insurance coverage, the court will evaluate policy language to determine if a specific cause of loss constitutes a covered event under the terms of that policy.When workers...

Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Set to Decrease, Again

Sep 3 2021 // Florida workers’ compensation rates are set to decline again as the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has proposed a statewide rate decrease of 4.9% in the voluntary market.The rates would take effect...

Ohio Steel Mill Faces $222.4K in OSHA Penalties for Amputation Hazards

Sep 3 2021 // An automotive steel manufacturer in Ohio faces more than $222,000 in proposed penalties for continuing to expose workers to amputations, other hazards at its Canton facility, federal workplace safety officials say.OSHA...

Washington Man Who Faked Job Injury Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scam

Aug 24 2021 // A Thurston County, Wash., man who reportedly tried to pass off a barroom brawl injury as a workplace accident has pleaded guilty to stealing state workers’ compensation insurance benefits.Chuck Wayne Riccio, 40, of...

OSHA Proposes $1.3M in Penalties Over Massachusetts Worker Deaths

Aug 23 2021 // Federal workplace safety regulators on Wednesday proposed $1.3 million in penalties for the construction company that employed two men who died when they were struck by a dump truck and pushed into a 9-foot deep trench at...

Texas Summarizes Workers’ Comp Bills Passed in 2021

Aug 20 2021 // Several bills passed in the Texas Legislature this year impact the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system. Below, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC)...

Colorado Home Manufacturer Faces $222K in OSHA Penalties

Aug 17 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials cited a Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility.Key Structures LLC faces $222,055 in OSHA penalties and 13 willful, repeat and...

Massachusetts Woman Arrested for Workers’ Compensation Benefits Fraud

Aug 17 2021 // A Norwood, Massachusetts, woman was arrested in connection with fraudulently receiving federal workers’ compensation benefits and disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA).Karen Nolan was...

OSHA Urges Employers to Require Vaccinated Workers to Wear Masks

Aug 16 2021 // The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to wear masks to protect unvaccinated colleagues and customers, amid a surge in COVID-19...

California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Down 13%, Report Shows

Aug 16 2021 // California workers’ compensation written premium for the first quarter of 2021 was 13% below that for the first quarter of 2020, according to a quarterly experience report issued by the Workers’ Compensation...

Why Health Insurance & Workers’ Compensation Insurance Are Not True Insurance

Aug 16 2021 // Fully funded or level funded traditional health insurance provided by employers is not insurance except for people who buy their own insurance, i.e., the small business owner. To qualify as insurance, the insurance policy...

New Hampshire Experiences Continued Stability in Workers’ Comp Market

Aug 6 2021 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) approved a rate proposal filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) that will reduce voluntary loss costs by 8% on average.“Over the past several...