- Labor Department revises employer health care benefit summary requirement
Employers would be required to add simple fractures to this list of examples of how their health care plans provide coverage in certain specific situations under newly proposed Labor Department rules.
- Man pays premiums for years after ditching car
Policyholders might want to think twice before tossing “junk mail” from insurers or, at the very least, check their bank statements once every few years.
- Whistleblowing pilot wins retaliation award from Alaska air charter firm
The Bald Mountain Air Service pilot was suspended, fired and ostracized in the industry after he repeatedly raised concerns about issues ranging from missed drug tests for pilots to poor recordkeeping.
- Allianz to underwrite aviation industry workers comp program
The National Air Transportation Association said on Thursday that is has an agreement with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty S.E. to provide an additional workers compensation insurance coverage for NATA members.
- Citing Scalia's death, Dow Chemical settles class action price-fixing suit
(Reuters) — Dow Chemical Co. agreed to pay $835 million to settle a decade-long lawsuit on price fixing, saying it had less chance of winning its petition at the Supreme Court after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
- OSHA cites RV campground for electrical hazards
A New York campground is facing $187,000 in proposed penalties from federal workplace safety regulators for electrical hazards.
- Worker's death leads to safety citations for Ohio contractor
An Ohio roofing contractor is facing $116,900 in proposed penalties from federal health and safety regulators after a 53-year-old roofer died following a 40-foot fall.
- Roofing contractor cited for fall hazards by OSHA
A New Jersey contractor is facing proposed fines of $43,080 from federal health and safety regulators after a worker fell to his death.
- Ohio considers significant workers comp rate reduction
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will consider a proposal in March to reduce overall average rates for the state’s private employers by 8.6% and decrease projected annual premiums by $113 million next year.