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Other Claims NewsHome care workers rally for higher wages
On USA Today - February 23, 2015
Home care workers are joining a nationwide movement to raise the wages of low-paid Americans with meetings and rallies in more than 20 cities the next two weeks.
The campaign, which kicks off Monday in Carson City, Nev., was inspired by fast food and retail worker protests the past two years that helped spark minimum wage hikes in many states and prompted Walmart to boost its pay floor last week. Home care aides joined some of those rallies, but this is their first independent push.
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Workers comp insurer expands in Midwest, South
On Business Insurance - February 17, 2015
Sagamore Insurance Co., a unit of Baldwin & Lyons Inc., has expanded its workers compensation program to Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas and Arkansas.
The program is also available in Indiana and Missouri, Carmel, Indiana-based Sagamore said Monday in a statement.
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Injured worker’s caretaker wife not eligible for mental health therapy
On Business Insurance - February 17, 2015
An Iowa employer should not pay for therapy for an injured worker’s wife who has been the primary caretaker for her husband since his work accident, an Iowa appeals court has ruled.
Craig Hoyt worked for DeWitt, Iowa-based Wendling Quarries Inc. and suffered a traumatic work-related injury, court records show. His injuries included multiple rib fractures, right ankle and right knee fractures, a right cerebellar infarction and trauma to his left shoulder and arm.
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Oklahoma work comp law unconstitutional?
On Business Insurance - February 17, 2015
A group of workers compensation attorneys representing two injured workers has asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to declare the Oklahoma Employee Injury Benefit Act unconstitutional.
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