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Massachusetts Regulators Turn Down Proposed Hike in Workers’ Compensation Rates

by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Legal Concerns & Advocacy

The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has rejected a proposal to raise the cost of workers’ compensation coverage by 18.8 percent. Had the rate change taken place, it would have cost Massachusetts businesses an estimated $175 million. By law, Massachusetts...

Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Fraud

by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation, Workers’ Compensation A-Z

In Massachusetts, a worker who is injured or becomes ill as a result of employment may be entitled to Massachusetts workers’ compensation benefits. An eligible worker may receive benefits that cover treatment of the injury or illness as well as total or partial wage...

Massachusetts Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Fraud

by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Legal Concerns & Advocacy

The 63-year-old owner of a roofing and siding business in Nantucket, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty recently to five counts of workers’ compensation fraud, according to a report by the Insurance Journal. He was sentenced in Suffolk County Superior Court to two years of...

Termination Date for Disability Benefits in Massachusetts

by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation

Back injuries are common in worker’s compensation cases in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Often people have pre-existing back conditions. Even people with minimal back pain may have degenerative conditions. What happens if that pre-existing injury is aggravated by a...

Employer Can’t Deduct Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premiums from Employees’ Pay

by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Legal Concerns & Advocacy, Workers’ Compensation

A business owner with an eye on the bottom line may attempt to pass along the costs of doing business to either customers or employees. Customers won’t appreciate higher costs, however, and in the current economy, a business owner may feel safer passing business...

Medical Marijuana Expense May Be Compensable Under Workers’ Compensation in Massachusetts

by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation

Insurers and employers around the United States are attempting to hold the line against paying injured workers’ expenses for medical marijuana, even in states where medical marijuana is legal. They argue that they should not be required to pay for a substance that is...

Cambridge-Based Researchers Claim Fostering Workplace Trust May Improve Outcomes for Employees Who Are Injured at Work

by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation

According to research that was recently conducted by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (“WCRI”), whether a worker fears losing his or her job following a workplace injury has a dramatic effect on both the employee’s outcome and an...

Massachusetts Employee’s Workers’ Compensation Award Overturned Because He Failed to Meet His Evidentiary Burden

by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation

A Massachusetts employee who seeks to recover benefits for the aggravation of a pre-existing condition must establish that a workplace accident was a major cause of his or her injury. In Aleman v. City of Boston, a worker with a history of back injuries hurt his...

Former Massachusetts Corrections Officer Entitled to Assault Pay For Duration of Workers’ Compensation Award

by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation

Overseeing jails and prisons can be mentally and physically difficult. Unfortunately, corrections officers in Massachusetts and elsewhere may be exposed to dangerous working conditions on a daily basis. In Marchand v. Department of Correction, a Massachusetts...

More Information Required in Massachusetts Housekeeper’s Workers’ Compensation Case

by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation

An administrative judge is required to state how an injured worker’s earning capacity was determined when making a workers’ compensation award. In Miranda v. Huntington Hotel Corp., a hotel housekeeper hurt her back while lifting a bag of trash. As a result of her...

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Massachusetts Regulators Turn Down Proposed Hike in Workers’ Compensation Rates

Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Massachusetts Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Termination Date for Disability Benefits in Massachusetts

Employer Can’t Deduct Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premiums from Employees’ Pay

Medical Marijuana Expense May Be Compensable Under Workers’ Compensation in Massachusetts

Cambridge-Based Researchers Claim Fostering Workplace Trust May Improve Outcomes for Employees Who Are Injured at Work

Massachusetts Employee’s Workers’ Compensation Award Overturned Because He Failed to Meet His Evidentiary Burden

Former Massachusetts Corrections Officer Entitled to Assault Pay For Duration of Workers’ Compensation Award

More Information Required in Massachusetts Housekeeper’s Workers’ Compensation Case

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