SAN FRANCISCO — As the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau looked toward the dawn of a new era for California’s workers’ compensation system during its annual

While other states saw firefighters marching in the streets and extensive local news coverage, Tennessee lawmakers this year quietly passed a presumption law that lists

Injured workers with health care coverage had better outcomes compared to uninsured workers, including a higher and quicker rate of returning to work after injury,

Although three-quarters of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases are caused by smoking, another 15% are work-related, resulting from exposure to dust, gases and fumes, according

Low back injury claims in which treatment adhered to American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine guidelines had lower costs than claims in which the