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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Firefighter and EMS Advocates Ask Again for Expanded Cancer Coverage

  • State: North Carolina
  • Topic: SOUTH
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Advocates for firefighters and emergency medical service workers in North Carolina are asking lawmakers to expand cancer coverage for those employees.

State workers’ comp laws currently

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Contractor Must Pay Benefits to Injured Employee of Subcontractor

  • State: Florida
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A Florida appellate court ruled that a general contractor was liable for the payment of benefits to the injured employee of a siding subcontractor that

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Court Overturns $8 Million Verdict in 'Walking Dead' Stuntman's Death

  • State: Georgia
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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An appeals court in Georgia reversed an $8 million award in civil damages to the family of a stuntman who fell to his death on

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

TDI Adopts NCCI Changes to Basic Manual

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Employer
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The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday announced that it adopted amendments to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Basic Manual for Workers’ Compensation and

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Advisory Council Reviewing Presumption Bill at Thursday Meeting

  • State: Tennessee
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Tennessee Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will discuss on Thursday a legislative proposal to create a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for emergency

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

TDI Posts Draft of Network Rules for Comment

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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The Texas Department of Insurance on Monday posted a draft of proposed amendments to workers’ compensation health care network rules for public comment.

Proposed updates

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Monday, March 15, 2021

Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Employer to Prove a Bona Fide Job Offer

  • State: Arkansas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that an employer’s failure to provide evidence that it offered an injured worker a position within his capabilities left the

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Monday, March 15, 2021

Single-Payer Proposal Would Create Board to Address Comp Issues

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A Texas lawmaker plans to create a single-payer proposal and an advisory panel to decide how to handle occupational injuries.

The proposal in House Bill 602

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Monday, March 15, 2021

DWC Hosting Health Care Provider, Insurer Quarterly Meetings

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is hosting its quarterly meetings with carriers and health care providers via Zoom on April 9.

The division said

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Monday, March 15, 2021

Legislature Passes Bill Authorizing COVID-19 Claims

  • State: Arkansas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Vendor
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The Arkansas legislature sent to the governor a bill that would create a COVID-19  exception to the prohibition on compensation for ordinary diseases of life

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