Quote of the day
"The Workers' Compensation Board has been screwing us CN workers for years. I'm just trying to get some attention."
A man who drove a pickup truck to the front doors of the Workers Compensation Board's Winnipeg's headquarters on Wednesday, causing a bomb scare
California Group Decries Workers’ Comp Ballot Initiative
A coalition of business and other interests, Californians Against the Job Killer Initiative, on Wednesday criticized the Fair Medical Treatment for Workers Act, which would undo some workers’ compensation reforms by allowing injured workers to choose their own doctors. The California Applicants Attorneys Association also opposes the measure. By Kelly Johnson, Sacramento Business Journal
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Investment Adviser Cops to Bribing Ohio BWC Official
Former investment marketer Clarke Blizzard pleads guilty to a federal felony charge of conspiring to bribe the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s former chief financial officer. Blizzard admitted that he gave about $20,000 to Terry Gasper in exchange for the agency placing hundreds of millions of dollars with firms Blizzard represented. By Steve Eder and James Drew, Toledo Blade [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
Ohio Gov Wants Independent Board for BWC
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says he wants to create an independent board of financial experts to manage the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in order to regain public trust in the scandal-scarred injured workers’ fund. The new board would replace a five-member commission that serves only as an advisory role to the administrator. By Matt Leingang, Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Disgruntled Worker Causes Bomb Scare at Winnipeg WCB Office
A man who drove a pickup truck to the front doors of the Workers Compensation Board’s headquarters in Winnipeg and caused a bomb scare was apparently unhappy with treatment he and other CN workers have received from the WCB.
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Opinion: Don’t Blame Medical Providers
A Montana paralegal argues that medical providers are not to blame for higher workers’ comp rates: contrary to popular opinion, providers don’t receive what they normally would for providing the same services to patients not injured on the job. By Debbie Kobold, Billings Gazette
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FIFA Sets Up Fund for Injured Soccer Players
Soccer governing body FIFA has set up a special compensation fund for players who suffered injury at the 2006 World Cup, in an effort to help poorer nations playing in the tournament for the first time. However, one team from the richest league in the world is asking for compensation. By Reuters via West Australian
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BrickStreet Sells Its Mission to Local Chamber
Addressing a local chamber of commerce, the ombudsman for West Virginia’s BrickStreet Mutual Insurance, the sole provider of workers’ compensation in the state, says the company is trying to make businesses aware that safety is a profit center, not a cost center. By Ian McNemar, Point Pleasant Register
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