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50 years after the National Commission: Is the Workers' Compensation System

Workers' Compensation

50 YEARS AFTER THE NATIONAL COMMISSION: IS THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SYSTEM SERVING INJURED WORKERS? ET On Monday, July 11, the Department of Labor will host a panel discussion for the 50th anniversary of the National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. Broadcast: July 11, 10:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m.

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Innovation is Necessary to Meet the Challenge of COVID in 2022

Workers' Compensation

Background The workers’ compensation system faces an enormous challenge in 2022 as the novel consequences of the most recent surge of SARS-CoV-2 infection engulf the nation. Innovation is Necessary to Meet the Challenge of COVID in 2022, Workers' Compensation Blog (Jan. Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L.,

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Waiting for a Treatment for Long COVID Creates Uncertainty

Workers' Compensation

The workers’ compensation system works because there is certainty in the amount and type of benefits available. The toll on workers has been enormous and a potential endless wave of claims, both in intensity and duration, faces the workers’ compensation systems nationally. On the promising side.

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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. The rule was published in the Federal Register in May 2022 and went into effect on August 24, 2023. US EPA , 943 F.

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Another Hurdle to Prove an Occupational Disease Claim

Workers' Compensation

Preliminary Draft | August 2021 [link] Comments to the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 702 are due by February 16, 2022. Industry originally proposed the summary workers' compensation system over a century ago to avoid uncapped monetary damages from liability claims. See the Rulemaking Docket.

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Preparing for the Next Epidemic of Occupational Disease

Workers' Compensation

This standard would reduce occupational exposure to SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, influenza viruses, and other pathogens that cause major personal and economic damage yearly and impact the workers' compensation system. It also describes procedures for commissioning systems to determine their installed performance.

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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.