Quote of the day
“This is one more bag in the wagon to carry when all of a sudden your labor price goes out of line.”
Norman Davidson, president of the Tompkins County Farm Bureau, regarding the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act
Many Ohio firefighters face opposition to cancer claims, despite law
Since the Palumbo Act took effect in 2017, 124 claims for cancer benefits have been filed by Ohio firefighters, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation; the BWC has approved 87 claims. However, towns and cities often battle awarding workers’ compensation to firefighters diagnosed with cancer after the state approves them, including the family of the firefighter in whose honor the bill was named. News 5 (Cleveland)
New Hampshire House committee approves PTSD bill for first responders
New Hampshire lawmakers reached bipartisan agreement this week regarding a bill to cover post-traumatic stress disorder under workers’ compensation for first responders. The bill also clarifies and expands a law passed last year giving similar coverage to firefighters who get cancer. WMUR (Manchester, N.H.)
New York bill would expand protections to ag workers
The Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act in the New York legislature, would extend collective bargaining, overtime pay, workers’ compensation and unemployment benefits to agricultural workers. The most controversial portion of the measure, as currently drafted, would require time-and-a-half pay for work beyond 40 hours per week. Ithaca Voice
Workplace death rate in Delaware remains low: Report
A new report finds Delaware ranks low in the number of federal safety and health inspectors but has an industrial accident fatality rate below the national average. Penalties leveled against Delaware employers by the agency are the highest in the nation. Delaware Business Now
CNMI: Company insists it has workers’ comp
Imperial Pacific International LLC maintains that it has workers’ compensation insurance contrary to allegations of seven construction workers who are suing the company and two contractors over the injuries they claim they sustained at a casino-resort project. Saipan Tribune