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Protect NC Workers launches to fight workers’ comp reform
The Deuterman Law Group has launched a new grassroots political organization, ProtectNCWorkers.com to educate North Carolina voters and legislators about so-called workers' comp "reform." The insurance industry is behind a bad bill, soon to be introduced in the N.C. General Assembly, that would slash workers' rights and shift the cost of caring for injured workers from insurance companies to taxpayers. Learn more at ProtectNCWorkers.com and tell your elected officials in Raleigh to Vote No On Workers' Comp Reform. ...
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NCAJ: Rights of Injured Workers Now at Risk
Our friends at the N.C. Advocates for Justice have been blogging about an expected bill to reform workers' compensation. They do a good job of explaining what's at stake and how this thinly veiled insurance company bailout will negatively impact injured workers. The rights of workers in North Carolina are at risk unless we ACT NOW to defeat this legislation. ...
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Amid loopholes and a 500-week cap, Virginia man battles insurance company benefits after brain injury
Those who are pushing to reform workers' compensationlaws in North Carolina say it will be good for business and that it will save money. Those claims are inflated, and they ignore what's really at stake if we cut benefits and make it harder for injured workers to get medical treatment and support their families while they're recovering from their serious workplace injuries. Peoples will pay with their lives and their livelihoods. For a lesson on what could happen in North Carolina if we cap workers' comp benefits at 500 weeks, we need on ...
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Protect NC Workers: Speak Out Against Workers’ Comp Reform
The North Carolina Advocates for Justice is one of our allies in fighting against unnecessary workers' compensation reform in North Carolina. The group has issued a report detailing how North Carolina's workers' comp costs and premiums compare to other states. The conclusion: Despite what tortured data from the Workers Comp Research Institute shows, North Carolina's workers' comp costs aren't out of control -- not in terms of insurance premiums or benefits paid per claim. In its latest report, WCRI claims the average payment per claim for ...
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Tell Your Elected Officials Why Workers’ Comp Reform is a Bad Idea
Our contacts at the N.C. General Assembly are warning that a bill to reform North Carolina's workers' compensation laws could be introduced in as soon as two weeks. It's time for voters to SPEAK OUT NOW about why workers' compensation reform is a bad idea, how it will ultimately hurt injured workers and their familes and shift the cost of caring for them to taxpayers through Social Security Disability, Medicare and Medicaid. Those in favor of reform will be spending a lot of time and money lobbying legislators and trying to push the refor ...
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Workers’ Compensation “Reform”: Let the Taxpayer Foot the Bill
The political battle lines are already being drawn in the fight to reform North Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, the second attempt in six years. The proposed reforms and the arguments in support of them are very similar to those bandied in 2005. This time around, though, the rhetoric is even more strident, with proponents referencing so-called “successful” reform measures in other states and arguing that North Carolina must follow suit or lose its ability to compete for business and new jobs. This time around, t ...
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VOTE TODAY: Midterm elections matter
There's still time to vote today. So, if you haven't made it to the polls, please vote. Many voters only vote in presidential elections, skipping midterm elections perhaps because they're too busy or perhaps because they believe that non-presidential elections aren't as important. That's simply not the case, particularly this year. These legislative and judicial races are extremely important to the rights of working people. The N.C. Chamber of Commerce and other groups that put business interests ahead of the rights of workers are lobbyin ...
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California Nurses Push for Workers’ Comp Reform
Nurses in California are pushing for reforms to their state's workers' compensation system to make it easier to receive benefits for certain work-related injuries. California nurses and hospitals are locked in a precedent-setting fight over injury compensation that could benefit nurses but cost hospitals hundreds of millions annually. Proposed legislation would declare that various infectious diseases or back and neck injuries suffered by nurses stemmed from their job and are eligible for workers' compensation benefits unless hospitals can pro ...
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Could WC Reform Be Coming in Wisconsin?
It sounds like workers' compensation reform could be in the works in Wisconsin. According to ABC Montana: Lawmakers meeting this week will be looking at ways to study the workers' compensation system. The Economic Affairs Interim Committee has been charged with reviewing the state's system amid worries that the insurance is too expensive for businesses. The panel will review a comparison of Montana workers' compensation costs and premiums with those in 32 other states. They will also get an update from an advisory council chaired by Lt. G ...
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Workers’ Compensation Reform Puts Unreasonabile Restrictions on Florida injured and their attorneys
Palm Beach Post columnist Tom Blackburn, a favorite of ours at the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law Blog, takes legislators in Florida to task for passing a new workers' compensation reformlaw that will make it harder for injured workers to get legal representation. The new legislation strengthens a 2003 law that established a "reasonable" fee schedule for attorneys representing injured workers. The new law strikes the word "reasonable." In his column, Blackburn explains that by setting an unreasonable fee schedule for attorneys who ...
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