The Appeals Board heard arguments recently in Love v. Love Management, Inc. to decide whether the trial court erred when it denied the insurer a continuance and granted partial summary judgment to Emilie Love, finding as a […]

Vickie Kennedy, Assistant Director of Insurance Services at Washington's Department of Labor and Industries, oversees all the workers' comp insurance operations as well as the self-insured programs within the state. She takes a few minutes […]

Tumwater, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The failure to follow basic lockout/tagout procedures was directly connected to the death of a worker in Sumas when an agitator arm inside a tank he was cleaning turned on. After […]

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) announces the reappointment of Nicholas Roxborough to the Commission. Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon reappointed Roxborough as an employer […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated its Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside (WCMSA) Reference Guide on 1/10/22 adding a section that addresses non-submit or evidence-based MSAs. The new section makes it clear that […]

I’ve done a few podcasts recently, and find them to be a lot of fun. Yvonne and Rafael hosted me in a kick off the second season of their Deconstructing Comp pod…we dove into opioids, humility, making things real, testifying […]

Trenton, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) - The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued stop-work orders to five out-of-state contractors – from Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina – who misclassified workers performing construction […]

It’s no secret that construction is one of the most safety-intensive industries in the world. It’s also one of America’s largest industries, with some 7.4 million people employed in the construction field. Construction workers face […]