Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you're thinking about torts and on-the-job injuries, you're probably also thinking about exclusive remedy rules in most states. What an exclusive remedy rule does is prevent someone from suing for […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Nevada, the following posters and forms or data must be used by an insurer, employer, injured employee, provider of health care, organization for managed care or third-party administrator in […]

Reno, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Nevada, the meaning of "annual expenditures for claims" comes from a state statute, and is as follows: 1. For assessments for fiscal years before fiscal year 1999-2000, the total amount […]

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In California, when there's a need to change qualified medical examiners, there are rules and a form that must be followed. Basics Once an Agreed Medical Evaluator, an Agreed Panel QME, […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It is against the law in New York for an employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because the employee has claimed or attempted to […]

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Do you know whether employees can access their claim file in the Buckeye State? Here's what state law says: + No employee shall access a workers' compensation claim file unless the […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Our Simply Research readers learned about a recent update to the CA-1074, which is how OWCP asks for more information in support of a claim for dependency compensation. Evidence Required in […]

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Need a handy guide to assessment rates in Oregon? Look no further. Method Each pay period, an employer must retain from the moneys earned by each employee an amount equal to […]