Quote of the day
"Workers' Comp, Comp, COMP!"
"Rhody Red," the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training's rooster mascot, which clucks the agency's message to raise awareness of workers' compensation
Commentary: Sponsors Focus Attention on Latino Workforce
The Northern California Engineering Contractors Association and Matsen Insurance Brokers, sponsors of last week’s second-annual How to Improve the Safety of your Latino Workforce conference, deserve praise for tackling a difficult issue that is about more than just higher productivity and lower workers’ compensation rates. North Bay Business Journal
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Inspired by Acrobat, Vegas Church Group Pushes Performers’ Bill
A Las Vegas youth church group is behind a bill intended to change a Nevada law that exempts promoters of theatrical performances from providing workers’ compensation for players. The group is following up on the last wishes of a Kenyan-born, uninsured 28-year-old acrobat who died in 2004 after falling from the top of a five-man pyramid and breaking his neck. By Ed Koch, Las Vegas Sun
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Rhode Island Launches Workers’ Comp Awareness Drive
“Rhody Red” is the R.I. Department of Labor and Training’s rooster mascot, part of the agency’s statewide campaign that includes radio and newspaper ads, billboards, posters and brochures in both Spanish and English, to educate employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities under workers’ compensation law. Providence Business News [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
Delaware Reforms Slam Sole Proprietors
In Delaware, most businesses appear to be happy with recent workers’ comp reforms and their potential to slash rates by 20 percent, but some independent contractors and sole proprietors say the reforms may put them out of business. Were one-person shops ever intended to be included in the reforms? By Leslie A. Pappas, Wilmington News Journal [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
Deadly Propane Blast Sparks Lawsuit Against Supplier
A propane explosion that killed one migrant worker and injured nine others last July results in a lawsuit against a New York propane distributor, and additional defendants may be added. The workers will be allowed to remain in the country at least throughout the lawsuit, which may not go to trial for two years. By Sarah McCrobie and Lucian McCarty, Palladium Times (Oswego, N.Y.)
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Analysis: Workers’ Comp Overhaul Is Spitzer’s First Outright Win
In his first 100 days in office, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s major accomplishment has been reform of the state’s long-troubled workers’ compensation system. By Michael Gormley, Press & Sun Bulletin (Binghamton, N.Y.)
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Mountain State Bill Would Imprison Scofflaw Hirers
Decrying the uneven playing field created by employers who hire unauthorized workers including illegal aliens, West Virginia freshman Delegate Orphy Klempa originally wanted a bill that would put such employers in prison. But the final draft that Gov. Joe Manchin signed leaves such violations at the misdemeanor level while imposing an escalating penalty schedule. By Mannix Porterfield, Beckley Register-Herald
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