- California bill requiring employers to provide injury prevention plans vetoed
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would require employers to provide their employees their injury and illness prevention plan upon request.
- Insurance trades weigh in on compound medication preauthorization proposal
Insurance trade associations voiced support for a proposed rule by Texas workers compensation regulators that would require all compounded medications to go through a preauthorization process to be eligible for reimbursement.
- Bill could reinstate impairment rating evaluations in Pennsylvania
A fight is brewing between those who want to prevent higher workers compensation premiums in Pennsylvania and those who want to keep impairment rating evaluations off the table.
- Comp rates set to decrease in Kansas
Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Ken Selzer said Monday that workers compensation rates will drop next year.
- Remanded steel mill fatality case headed to judge for further review
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission remanded a case involving a 2011 fatality at a steel mill to the chief administrative law judge for further proceedings after a federal appeals court upheld a safety citation against the employer in July.