Starting December 01, 2016, workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida are set to rise by an average of 14.5 percent statewide. The rate increase is intended to offset the impact of recent legally-mandated revisions to the Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, as well as two recent Florida Supreme Court decisions which overturned Read more
Turning in employers that violate labor laws just got easier for workers in California. Last week, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Labor Commissioner’s Office introduced a new online tool, Report a Labor Law Violation, to report the types of employer violations that harm groups of workers and ultimately adversely impact the community. Read more
Tennessee employers must now add a new procedure to comply with the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Law. Upon a workplace injury, employers must provide the injured employee with an Agreement between Employer/Employee Choice of Physician (Form C-42). The form must include a list of at least three physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, or specialty practice groups in the Read more
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has launched a new website to help workers injured at work. The site includes easy step-by-step instructions to help workers’ navigate through the process. According to the Administrative Director of the DWC Rosa Moran, “when a worker is hurt on the job, they need more than a doctor; Read more
