Quote of the day
"I thought it was utterly abusive. This was an outrage."
Craig Livingston, president of the New Jersey Advisory Council on Safety and Health, about a New Jersey manufacturer's suit against nearly 80 immigrant workers for allegedly filing fraudulent workers' comp claims
Fraud Case Dismissed Against Garden City Factory Workers
More than 80 low-wage former workers at a shuttered Passaic, N.J., factory are off the hook for a $2.26 million default judgment against them for allegedly conspiring to defraud their former employer with false workers’ compensation claims. Instead, most of them will receive a total of $426,000 to settle their workers’ comp claims. By Greg Saitz, Times, Trenton
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Opinion: No ‘Gravy Train’ for Michigan Firefighters
Current Michigan workers’ compensation law provides more than adequate protection for firefighters and other employees whose injuries and illnesses are job-related. That means that union-backed proposed legislation, which would eliminate the current process of requiring case-by-case consideration and medical substantiation of claims, is a bad idea. Detroit News [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
Troubled North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency to Hire Consultant
The North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance board agrees to conduct a nationwide search for a qualified outside consultant to review its operations in the wake of since-dismissed charges against two executives and multiple requests for whistleblower protection by employees. By Dave Kolpack, AP via Dickinson Press
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Saskatchewan Employers to Enjoy Rate Cut
The Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board puts forward a proposal to reduce rates for employers by 8.2 percent, as a result of higher investment returns, continuing declines in the province’s workplace injury rate and claim durations. By Sharon Vanhouwe, Saskatoon Homepage.ca
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Pollution a Collateral Effect of India Building Boom
In Chennai, India, the increase in motor vehicles, industrial and commercial activities, and construction projects in and around the city is translating into more air and noise pollution for residents. The Hindu [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…