Flash: Fed-OSHA Issues Vaccine Mandate – Employers Get Choice
Federal requirements for employers with at least 100 employees take effect soon. The development raises big questions for California. Workers’ Comp Executive
Kentucky insurance regulators approve annual workers’ comp filing
The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the 2021 rate filing used to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage: For the 16th consecutive year, the filing shows an overall decrease in Kentucky’s loss costs. According to the loss costs figures submitted in the 2021 annual rate filing, there is an average reduction of 10.4% across the class codes used in Kentucky. Lane Report
Florida fireman denied workers’ comp over heart condition
A 39-year-old Indian River County, Florida fireman is recovering from open-heart surgery. His doctors attributed cardiomyopathy to his job, and further testing uncovered a second heart condition, a right coronary artery anomaly, mainly found in children. That second diagnosis, Jones said, was considered pre-existing, which in turn reversed all of his workers compensation benefits despite the first condition being attributed to work by a doctor. WFLX
Connecticut man pays restitution in workers’ comp fraud case
A 38-year-old man who was accused of defrauding Connecticut’s workers compensation program by failing to disclose that he was working while collecting benefits in 2017 and 2018 has paid more than $14,300 in restitution, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor larceny count, and received a sentence without immediate prison time. The man Gordillo in a deposition and denied that he had worked at all since his injury, also denying that he had received any money for work, but investigators obtained documentation he had been paid a salary by a janitorial services company while he was collecting workers’ comp. Journal Inquirer