The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF), the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, allocated $585 million to New York employers last year through its dividends and return-of-premium programs. Every year, NYSIF returns funds to New York State businesses that prioritize …
After three major Georgia appeals court decisions have gone against employers in the last five years, some insurance defense attorneys are concerned that the state’s workers’ compensation laws have become costly to insurers and businesses, despite years of rate reductions …
West Virginia`s state Legislature approved millions of dollars in raises and bonuses for corrections employees Tuesday, the same day as a lawsuit was filed against Republican Gov. Jim Justice and other state leaders over working conditions in the state’s regional …
A Texas appellate court threw out a trial court order that approved a plaintiff’s overly broad discovery request in an employee’s personal injury lawsuit against Home Depot. A panel of the 9th Court of Appeals in Beaumont vacated a judge’s …
Dollar Tree company is facing $132,000 in state fines for reported work safety violations including locked emergency exit routes, improper stacking of boxes, and debris scattered on the The fine is in connection with violations at the Tacoma Central Plaza …
While fast-rising prices in the past year drove up claim costs for auto and property insurers, inflation has been a more ho-hum affair for the workers’ compensation line and health care in general, according to a new report by the …
The death of a 16-year-old in a Mississippi poultry plant earlier this month offered another reminder that children remain vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace in the United States, senior Labor Department officials said Wednesday. Duvan Perez became the third …
Authorities searched on Thursday for the person who set a fire that killed a Memphis firefighter and sent three others to the hospital. The Memphis Fire Department said arson was to blame for a fire late Tuesday that killed Lt. …
Brian Hill, 64, and Leslie Hill, 68, a husband and wife from Bakersfield, California, were charged with multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly found the couple underreported over $4 million …
An Alabama firefighter who was shot inside his fire station will be laid to rest today, providing a small measure of closure after what authorities have called a targeted attack that left another fireman critically wounded. News outlets reported that …
