Workers’ Compensation

USDOL Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs Posts Notice of Proposed Rules for Longshore Civil Monetary Penalties

By |2023-09-20T19:58:16+00:00September 13th, 2023|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , , |

On September 12, 2023, the US DOL Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) posted new rules in the Federal Register with respect to Civil Monetary Penalties for failure to report. Background of This Rulemaking On April 28, 2020, OWCP hosted a public outreach webinar to solicit stakeholders' views on how OWCP could improve its processes. See E.O. [...]

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Business Representatives Oppose Proposed Federal Monitoring of State Workers’ Compensation

By |2021-10-26T02:26:47+00:00October 26th, 2021|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , , , |

Business representatives from 91 state and national business associations and employers submitted a letter on October 19, 2021 to the House and Senate in opposition to the inclusion of federal monitoring of state workers’ compensation. State workers’ compensation was created beginning more than 100 years ago in state constitutions and state statutes. State workers’ compensation is [...]

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UWC and Business Groups File Opposition to Longshore Presumption for COVID

By |2021-03-06T18:18:11+00:00March 6th, 2021|Categories: Workers' Compensation, Workforce Issues|Tags: , , |

On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, UWC and a broad based coalition of business representatives submitted a letter of opposition to the inclusion of a presumption of workers’ compensation coverage and compensability for COVID-19 infection that was not  in the course of employment and did not arise from employment. >> UWC and Business Groups File Opposition to [...]

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President Biden Orders Development of National Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines for COVID

By |2021-01-23T22:49:07+00:00January 23rd, 2021|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , |

In one of his Executive Orders on January 21st, President Biden ordered the development of federal guidance for Occupational Safety and Health. The order addresses issues that are temporary in response to COVID-19 but also begins to address longer term issues. In particular, Section 2 of the Executive Order provides that within two weeks of the [...]

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UWC Opposes Longshore Workers’ Comp Presumption for COVID in HEROES Act

By |2020-06-09T03:47:39+00:00June 9th, 2020|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , , |

On Monday, June 8, 2020, UWC submitted a letter of opposition to the House and Senate Committees with jurisdiction concerning Title V Section 120501 of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act) as it was passed by the House of Representatives. The letter was submitted to assure that the committees with jurisdiction [...]

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Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Repeals Expanded Medicaid Priority

By |2018-02-12T19:50:28+00:00February 9th, 2018|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , |

President Trump Signs the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 on February 9, 2018 The Act includes a repeal of language that would have expanded the authority of Medicaid State plans to seek recovery for items and services covered under Medicaid from third party payments even when the third party payments were not related to the items [...]

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2017 State Workers’ Comp. Fiscal Data Research Bulletin Available

By |2017-12-15T17:48:24+00:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The annual Workers’ Compensation Fiscal Data Research Bulletin showing state workers’ compensation system payments and costs from 2006 to 2015 is now available for purchase. The fiscal bulletin shows the continued  economic expansion and trend toward lower benefit cost rates. The number of covered workers in all states increased from 129.9 million in 2014 to 132.4 million for [...]

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President Trump Signs Resolution to Disallow OSHA Penalty Regulations

By |2017-04-04T16:44:04+00:00April 4th, 2017|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , |

On April 3rd President Trump signed HJ Res 83 disallowing OSHA regulations that were contrary to statute and expanded the period during which employers would be at risk of penalties for OSHA reporting errors. See announcement at https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/03/president-donald-j-trump-signs-hjres-69-hjres-83-hr-1228-sjres-34-law The rule that is being disallowed had the effect of extending to five years the statute of limitations on [...]

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US DOL Requests OMB Authority to Expand Surveys to Search for Occupational Injury and Illness Underreporting

By |2017-03-10T17:06:34+00:00March 10th, 2017|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , , , |

On March 7th The Department of Labor (DOL) submitted the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ‘‘Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses,’’ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Public comments on the [...]

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US DOL Proposed Rule Would Result in Increased Longshore Maximum Benefits

By |2016-10-19T16:21:50+00:00October 19th, 2016|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: |

Comments due by October 26 The US Department of Labor on August 26, 2016 filed proposed rules for comment on the definition of minimum and maximum compensation rate annual adjustments. See https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-26/pdf/2016-20467.pdf The main issue in contention is that the US DOL Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs is proposing to employ the average weekly wage of [...]

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