The Division of Workers’ Compensation is considering revising the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit and Return-to-Work regulations. The idea is to target rampant fraud and abuse in a system intended to help injured workers who can’t return to their jobs acquire new skills to compete in the job market. DIR received both support and pushback from …
Study: Kansans Benefits Lag Behind Cost of Living Workers’ compensation payments to injured Kansans lag far behind the increasing cost of living, according to a new study. By Scott Rothschild, …
Florida Town Fights Insurer over Police Chief’s Benefits Lake Hamilton, Fla., officials are locked in an $8,300 dispute with its workers’ compensation insurance company over sick pay for the chief …
‘Odd Lot’ Doctrine Allows Cowboy State Man to Collect Benefits Relying on the “odd lot” doctrine in workers’ compensation cases, the Wyoming Supreme Court rules that a former longtime coal …
Controversial Beehive State Law Hinges Benefits on Behavior Only law-abiding injured workers may collect worker’s compensation benefits in Utah, as a result of a new law that took effect this …
Ventura to Rehire Firefighter Who Was Forced to Go on Disability Ventura city officials agree to pay $750,000, in addition to more than two years of back pay and benefits, …
Judge Properly Cut Off Benefits, Keystone State Court Rules A workers’ compensation judge properly cut off a former Pennsylvania tube plant employee’s workers’ compensation benefits, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rules. …