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CWCI: California Workers' Comp COVID Claims Spiked During the December Omicron Surge
CWCI: California Workers' Comp COVID Claims Spiked During the December Omicron Surge

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – California workers’ comp COVID-19 claim volume continues to track with the state’s fluctuating COVID infection trends as the latest monthly count of COVID workers’ comp claims jumped 172% in December to […]
US DOL Finds Federal Helium Enrichment Unit Failed to Follow Safe Chemical Handling Procedures
US DOL Finds Federal Helium Enrichment Unit Failed to Follow Safe Chemical Handling Procedures

Amarillo, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management violated procedures for safe handling of chemical materials at […]
TX: Business Owner Facing Trial for $1.1 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
TX: Business Owner Facing Trial for $1.1 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme

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 […]
IOSH Report Looks at the ‘Positive and Negative’ of Pandemic-Prompted Remote Work
IOSH Report Looks at the ‘Positive and Negative’ of Pandemic-Prompted Remote Work

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 […]
WI: DWD, DOJ Announce $200,000 Agreement in Briggs & Stratton Bankruptcy Case
WI: DWD, DOJ Announce $200,000 Agreement in Briggs & Stratton Bankruptcy Case

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. […]
CT Governor Announces Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease for Eighth Consecutive Year, Saving Millions for Connecticut Businesses
CT Governor Announces Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease for Eighth Consecutive Year, Saving Millions for Connecticut Businesses

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% […]
View 22: Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for Year Ahead
View 22: Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for Year Ahead

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 […]
Booker Introduces Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act
Booker Introduces Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act

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. […]

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