Quote of the day
"We're beginning to see the fruits of the labor."
Mid-Ohio Valley Safety Council Manager Lori Smith, about the group's efforts to promote safety training and reduce workplace accidents; the state BWC will not raise workers' comp rates this year.
CDI, Central Valley Prosecutors Announce Charges in Fraud Probes
More than 60 suspects in five Central Valley counties face charges of insurance fraud in connection with joint workers’ compensation and auto insurance fraud investigations by the California Department of Insurance and local law enforcement agencies, according to a CDI press release. Workers’ Comp Executive
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Empire State Jail Guard Charged with Comp Fraud
A 49-year-old former New York corrections officer faces charges of workers’ compensation insurance fraud for collecting benefits from the New York State Insurance Fund while allegedly overstating the severity of a work-related injury. Middletown Times Herald-Record
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Safety, Awareness Keeps Ohio’s Rates Frozen
The embattled Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will not raise its premiums for private sector employers in fiscal 2008, the first time in five years the Bureau has decided to keep premiums stable. A spokesman for the BWC says employers’ safety awareness is the key. By Diana DeCola, Marietta Times
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New Mexico Mutual Switches Billing Software
New Mexico Mutual, the largest workers’ compensation carrier in the Land of Enchantment, is moving from its legacy billing system to a Guidewire Software product that will manage the end-to-end billing process from receipt of initial billing instruction through renewal/cancellation. New Mexico Business Weekly
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Disgruntled Employer Shoots at S.A. Inspectors
South Africa labor department inspectors duck gunfire while trying to inspect a business, and manage to issue a notice against the employer for suspected workers’ compensation violations. Independent Online (South Africa)
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Commentary: Great Lakes State Should Pass Smoking Ban
Michigan State Sen. Ray Basham argues that, given the state’s budget woes and subsequent efforts to find savings in state health care costs, it’s now appropriate to consider the economic benefits of a statewide smoke-free workplace policy. Traverse City Record-Eagle
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