The United Kingdom is not in the grips of a U.S.-style compensation culture, nine out of every 10 workers injured or made ill by their jobs never receive a penny, and the best way for employers to ensure they stay …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Northwest Pipe Co. and proposed penalties totaling $197,500 for exposing employees to safety and health hazards. OSHA citations against Northwest Pipe, a steel pipe manufacturing company headquartered …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Acetylene Service Company, Perth Amboy, N.J. for alleged safety and health violations after a January explosion killed three workers. Proposed penalties total $237,600. The company is a subsidiary of …
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced settlements with 15 Long Island and Hudson Valley auto dealerships that reportedly routinely falsified pickup truck registration forms. In total, the 15 dealerships agreed to pay $540,000 in penalties and costs in connection …
California’s Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services has paid the government $3,645,872 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare. Without admitting wrongdoing, the hospital agreed to pay the settlement to resolve a federal fraud investigation into …
Teams of experts in how to make homes and businesses safer from disasters are available at area home improvement stores through Monday, Aug. 1. They will demonstrate some of the hardware available at the stores, such as roofing materials, hurricane …
A former insurance broker/agent faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in New York to conspiracy charges related to insurance fraud. The case stems from the findings of a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance …
New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that an Ocean County man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to charges of perjury and falsifying records as part of a phony “slip and fall” bodily injury lawsuit. According to Insurance …
Repairs to town highways damaged when Tropical Depression Ivan pounded New York’s Sullivan County during September, 2004, have been designed to make the roads better able to absorb severe weather in the future. Heavy rains during the storm caused flooding …
A 33 percent rate increase proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance has motivated Gov. Mark Sanford to form a task force to study the state’s workers’ compensation system. The task force will take a close look at medical …