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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. This limitation was noted at the time.

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WCI 2024 is Upon Us

Florida Workers' Comp

The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system. Profits from the conference are used to enhance the workers' compensation system. Initially, the institute provided a series of "grants" to assist the system. The medical courses will continue on a permanent basis.

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New EPA Rule Will Lighten the Burden of Proving an Asbestos-Related Disease Claim

Workers' Compensation

Reporting Requirements The new EPA asbestos reporting rule requires certain entities that manufactured, imported, or processed asbestos from 2019 to 2022 with annual sales of $500,000 or more to report their asbestos use. 3d 397 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2019. See also, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families v. US EPA , 943 F.

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Delaware Employer Need Not Pay for Claimant’s Opioids More than 9 Years After Accident

The Workcomp Writer

On December 2, 2019, the employer petitioned to terminate the compensability of Sheppard’s narcotic medications and injection treatment pursuant to 19 Del. Jason Brokaw, a board-certified physical medicine, rehabilitation, and pain management doctor, and a certified provider under the Delaware Workers’ Compensation system.

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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

Neal Pitts (Orlando, FL) 2019- Christopher Smith (Tampa, FL) 2020- Paul Anderson (Tallahassee, FL) 2021- Glen Wieland(Orlando, FL) 2022- Honorable Robert Dietz (posthumously)(Orlando, FL) 2023-my memory fails me here, and the World Wide Web did also (amendment coming) The Section maintains a list of the honorees on its website.

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Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively

The Workcomp Writer

The trial court agreed, finding the statute “creates a new substantive right, is not remedial in nature, and does not apply retroactively to cancer diagnoses occurring prior to its effective date of July 1, 2019.” The statute did not simply alter the means by which firefighters obtain already-existing workers’ compensation benefits.

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Bill Proposes to Increase Benefits for Some Injured Workers and Dependents

Workers' Compensation

127, or to dependents of essential employees who died from COVID, who receive a COLA pursuant to P.L.2021, This adjustment is intended to mirror, to the extent possible, the COLA already in place for benefits arising from an injury occurring before 1980.