News Digest 3/20/2008

South Carolina WCC Nominees Put Law over Executive Orders South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s nominees to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission say they would follow what the law requires, not … Read More »

News Digest 3/3/2008

Arizona Appeals Court Rules on False Statements Lying to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits has a price under Arizona law, but not necessarily loss of all benefits, according to the … Read More »

News Digest 1/8/2008

Arizona Businesses Expect ‘Tough Year’ In Arizona, a minimum wage hike, a sharp rise in workers’ compensation benefits and a law that threatens to revoke licenses of employers who knowingly … Read More »

News Digest 12/18/2007

Granite State Lawmakers Draft Amendment to Controversial Bill During their break, New Hampshire lawmakers draft an amendment to a workers’ compensation law that had angered small businesses owners by forcing … Read More »

News Digest 12/10/2007

Romney’s Painters Probed for Suspected Labor Law Violations A Massachusetts painting contractor that recently worked on presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s mansion is under investigation for allegedly hiring subcontractors that used … Read More »

News Digest 11/12/2007

Granite State Bill is Insurance Industry’s ‘Biggest Issue by Far’ A recent New Hampshire law ends a workers’ compensation exemption for all corporations and LLCs with no employees and no … Read More »

New York Law Ruffles Feathers Nationally

Employers, insurance agents and brokers across the country are up in arms about a New York law effective this month that apparently requires the employer of any person doing work in New York to have a workers’ compensation policy issued by a state-licensed carrier or the New York State Insurance Fund. The way the new … Read More »

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News Digest 9/12/2007

New Law Requires New York Employers to Have Full Coverage Under a new law, insured employers with any employees in New York now must have workers’ compensation insurance policies providing … Read More »