The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a commercial baker in New Jersey $385,221 for allegedly failing to correct safety hazards cited in a
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a Labor Law claim by a worker who fell while walking on temporary flooring.
Case:
… Read more »The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the denial of accidental disability pension benefits for a former police officer with a mental injury.
Case: Carter v. Municipal
… Read more »The Commission on Judicial Selection seeks candidates to fill a vacancy that will occur on the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals in January.
Candidates must
… Read more »The Connecticut Insurance Department approved a 6.1% reduction in voluntary market loss costs and a 6.2% decrease in assigned risk plan rates for policies incepting
… Read more »Although the formula for calculating temporary total disability benefits in New York is consistent with other large states and its neighbors, the actual maximum benefit
… Read more »With the lack of federal rules to protect workers from heat, New Jersey lawmakers are proposing that the state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration adopt
… Read more »New York lawmakers finally sent the governor a bill that would increase the threshold used to identify medical procedures needing prior approval.
Senate Bill 6929
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a factory worker failed to link his COVID-19 infection to his job.
Case: Matter of Herrera
… Read more »A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a transit worker did not suffer a neck injury from an on-the-job accident.
Case: Matter of
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