Vermont businesses to see decrease in workers’ comp rates for sixth year
Effective April 1, 2022, Vermont businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022, the sixth straight year rates have decreased, Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Financial Regulation commissioner have announced. The rate reduction is estimated to save Vermont employers over $8 million in premiums during the upcoming year. Vermontbiz
Florida contractor pleads guilty to workers’ comp fraud
The 24-year-old owner of a Tampa construction company has pleaded guilty to claiming he had adequate worker’s compensation coverage for his employees, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The company had agreements with contractors and subcontractors to use his employees at construction sites, but they were often illegally working for and under the daily supervision and direction of the contractors. Patch
South Dakota legislature considering workers’ comp bill
Under South Dakota law, public and private-sector employees have three days to provide their employer with a written report of their workplace injury. One lawmaker says that’s one of the shortest deadlines in the country and wants to extend it to 30 days. South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Expert discusses 50 year anniversary of milestone report
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 issuance of the Report of the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws, one of the watershed moments in modern workers’ compensation. In this 2018 interview, John F. Burton, Jr., who served as chairman on that commission, discusses his career as a workers’ compensation expert and the history of workers’ compensation. Legal Talk Network [with audio]