Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - A Houston area businessman faces multiple charges in connection with a long-running premium fraud scheme. Police in Stafford, Texas arrested Kunal “Sonny” Puri on January 11, 2022. Puri was transferred to […]

London — Although many employees “clearly benefited from the increased flexibility and other benefits” provided by remote work arrangements amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many others “found it to be challenging, with poor work-life balance and […]

Madison, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the state Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a $200,000 agreement in DWD's federal court claim filed in the Briggs & Stratton Corp. […]

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Connecticut businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022. The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% […]

Governor Phil Murphy today reinstated a Public Health Emergency, effective immediately, in order to ensure that the State is able to respond to the continued threat of COVID-19 and the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. The […]

MEMPHIS, TN., January 11, 2022 — Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, today published “View 22” which highlights major industry trends and issues that employers, brokers, carriers, risk […]

Washington, DC — Legislation recently introduced in the House and Senate is aimed at improving working conditions and whistleblower protections in the meat and poultry processing industry. Under the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act (S. […]

San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced today that as of January 12, 2022, all hearings will be heard virtually. Until further notice, DWC will telephonically hear all trials, lien […]