Hanover Stone Partners has launched WorkersComp Guard, a national practice group to help employers manage workers compensation costs.

A drywall worker who admitted stealing $114,752 in workers compensation benefits using a fake identity must repay the cash and medical benefits he bilked and serve 60 days in jail.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will delay enforcement of its silica standard for the construction industry.

California’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee will proceed with an audit to investigate possible fraud in the state’s workers compensation system and hopes to have the results in 2018.

The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s governing committee has recommended that the state insurance commissioner reduce the advisory pure premium rates by 7.8% for policies incepting on or after July 1.