Hawaii Legislation Puts Screws to Employers The Hawaii legislature has passed a bill that would prohibit employers from ceasing workers’ comp payments during disputes with injured workers, and they would be prohibited from recovering those payments if they win their case. The bill, HB 854, now sits on the governor’s desk awaiting his signature. In …
Political Ball Bounces at Workers’ Comp Reform Three worrisome pieces of legislation are up this session, all aimed at different parts of recent workers’ comp reform. Whether the bills are …
North Dakota Reps Vote Down Altered Bill North Dakota state representatives overwhelmingly reject legislation that began as an attempt to restore the governor’s control over the state’s workers’ compensation agency. …
The industry is greeting with a combination of angst, anticipation and caution the 24-hour health care pilot program in California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sweeping health care proposal. Workers’ comp veterans, with a sense of deja vu, say that many of the impediments to 24-hour care that existed when the concept was last trumpeted 13 years …
Reform Bill Slides Through Delaware Legislature The Delaware legislature went into overdrive last week, passing legislation that could shave as much as $43 million a year off workers’ comp costs. The bill was passed in less than a week and signed immediately by Governor Ruth Ann Minne. The legislation represents the largest move to improve …
Although California’s 2007 legislative session doesn’t start for another few weeks, some workers’ comp issues already have made headway. No major issues have surfaced, but a few smaller ones have. They include a new bill on acupuncture and resurrection of a bill killed last year that would allow collection agencies to buy debts owed to …
Commentary: Workers’ Comp ‘Barely an Issue’ in Race for Governor Two years after the bipartisan legislation became law, workers’ compensation is barely an issue during the current gubernatorial campaign. That’s …
One-Man Roofers Hit Back at Discriminatory Legislation Who has California small-business owners’ interests at heart? Not politicians, certainly not State Compensation Insurance Fund. And not even Governor Schwarzenegger, apparently, who …