Broadview,IL ( WorkersCompensation.com)  ‒ Federal safety investigators found a Schaumburg excavating contractor has again failed to follow federally mandated safety measures to protect workers from potentially deadly trenches cave-ins. Trench collapses are among the construction […]

Jefferson City, MO (WorkersCompensation.com)  – The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) is recommending a 6.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2023. This marks the seventh time in eight years that average workers’ […]

San Bernardino, CA ( WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announces that the 2023 minimum and maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rates will increase on January 1, 2023. The minimum TTD rate will […]

  #22-32 Everett,WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -  An Everett man caught remodeling homes while claiming he was too injured to work has been charged with felony theft in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Terry Lee Dawson, 62, […]

Columbus,OH ( WorkersCompensation.com) - On Nov 1, 2022, Frances Davis pleaded guilty to one count of attempt to commit workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, and pay $17,144.79 in restitution. BWC’s Special Investigations Department (SID) […]

Tumwater,WA (WorkersCompensation.com) - A company with a long history of safety issues is facing nearly $55,000 in new fines for knowingly and repeatedly violating safety rules at two of its Washington state stores. Washington State […]

Oakland,CA - (WorkersCompensation.com)  – California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose by more than 5 percent in the year ending March 31, 2022, which will result in an increase in California workers’ compensation temporary total […]

Austin,TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - Erica De La Cruz is now Deputy Commissioner of Claims and Customer Services. The new program area includes Claims Services, Self-Insurance Regulation, and the Subsequent Injury Fund. Erica has served as the […]