Pleasanton, CA – State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) is offering a 30-day credit extension to policyholders affected by ten wildfires currently burning in Northern California counties declared a state of emergency by Governor Gavin Newsom. The counties are Alpine, Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Lake, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehema, and Trinity. Governor Newsom… [Read more]
Work Force & Human Resource News
The Conference Board Survey: As Workplaces Reopen, 42% of Workers Fear Getting COVID
New York, NY – As the Delta variant continues to proliferate, 42 percent of workers are worried about returning to the workplace for fear of contracting COVID-19. This marks a substantial jump from June 2021 when only 24 percent had that concern. “With headlines about the rise of the Delta variant, breakthrough cases among the… [Read more]
CT Woman Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Larceny
Rocky Hill, CT – A Newtown woman was recently arrested and charged with illegally collecting Workers’ Compensation benefits while being employed as a Supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services for the Town of New Fairfield Board of Education. Ann Marie Cordisco of Newtown, was arrested by Inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Control Unit in the… [Read more]
CA Business Owner Arraigned in $2.5 Million Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Fresno, CA – Zachary Navo of Visalia was recently arraigned on five felony counts of insurance fraud after a Department of Insurance investigation revealed he allegedly underreported wages by over $2.5 million in an attempt to fraudulently reduce workers’ compensation premium payments, resulting in a loss of over $135,000 to his insurance companies. In December… [Read more]
Former TSA Official Gets Federal Prison for Stealing from Federal Worker’s Comp Program
Florence, SC – Acting United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina M. Rhett DeHart recently announced that Emmanuel Papas of Myrtle Beach, a former lead transportation security officer with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), has been sentenced to more than one year in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing from the Department… [Read more]
NSC Calls on All Employers to Require Employee COVID-19 Vaccinations
Itasca, IL – The National Safety Council (NSC) recently urged all employers to implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for their workers and unveiled a guide outlining four levels of requirements for various workplace risk profiles. COVID-19 vaccines are the clearest route to ensuring worker safety and wellbeing is prioritized in the workplace. A recent survey… [Read more]
Former TN Clinic Owner Convicted of Unlawful Opioid Distribution
Chattanooga, TN – Following a three-day trial in the United States District Court at Chattanooga, a jury recently convicted Mark Daniel Allen, formerly of Manchester, Tennessee, of unlawfully distributing prescription opioids to patients at a clinic he owned in Manchester, Tennessee. Following the jury’s verdict, Allen was taken into custody. Sentencing is scheduled for January… [Read more]
Utah Labor Commission Accepting Workplace Safety Grant Applications
Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah Labor Commission is now accepting applications from businesses and other entities for Workplace Safety Grants for 2022. The grants help businesses, nonprofit and community organizations, labor unions, and government agencies based in or doing business in Utah implement or improve programs, practices, and training to reduce or prevent… [Read more]
Pinnacol Foundation Awards $347,150 in Post-Secondary Scholarships
Denver, CO – The Pinnacol Foundation recently awarded $347,150 in scholarships to 74 students for the 2021-22 academic year. The Pinnacol Foundation provides scholarships every year to students whose parents have been seriously injured or killed in work-related accidents. The program was created by Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company. Students are eligible whether or… [Read more]
Ohio BWC Receives Proposal From Governor to Expand Last Year’s Dividend
Columbus, OH – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently requested that the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors expand the agency’s December 2020 $5 billion dividend to approximately 3,000 employers who did not originally meet eligibility requirements. The requested expansion would allow for approximately $30 million to go to the previously ineligible employers… [Read more]