‘Bureaucratic bull----’: Fort Worth councilman attacks city's worker comp provider

Charles Lauersdorf said the company handling Fort Worth employees' claims is failing to support injured police and ...

Austin firefighter battles cancer, pushes city on worker’s comp denial

After nearly two decades with the Austin Fire Department, one firefighter is fighting for her own life against stage four ...
Sacramento Bee

Telework animated state workers this year. Gov. Newsom remains unmoved

At this point, Gov. Gavin Newsom has heard all the arguments in favor of maintaining California’s current telework policy for state workers — the potential cost savings, the benefits to employee ...
AOL

Oklahoma couple says State Farm offered to cover a fraction of their $22K roof repair. Now, the state AG is intervening after hundreds of complaints

Billy and Lucy Hursh had no desire to become the named plaintiffs in a landmark case. They just wanted their roof fixed. After a hail storm left the roof of their Tulsa, Okla. area home in such bad ...
The Baltimore Sun

Gov. Wes Moore declares Christmas Eve a holiday for state workers

Christmas Eve will be “treated like any other state employee holiday” for Maryland workers, Gov. Wes Moore announced Monday. “Declaring Christmas Eve as a state holiday is a small way to show our ...
Catholic News Agency

State Department set to roll out religious worker visa plan next month

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there will be a plan “early next month” for religious worker visas that would avoid giving preference to one denomination over another. Rubio said at a Dec. 19 ...
The Oklahoman

State Farm is accused of racketeering in Oklahoma. It's not the first time

On Dec. 4, Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a petition accusing State Farm of violating ORICO, Oklahoma’s version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (1970), the so-called ...
Tallahassee Democrat

For now, Florida state workers still on the job Christmas Eve

President Donald Trump may have given federal workers Christmas Eve off, but here in Florida state workers are still expected – at least for now – to show up to work. Trump on Dec. 18 issued an ...
Detroit Free Press

Michigan Supreme Court won't hear case over undocumented workers' comp

The Michigan Supreme Court decided against taking up a case where immigrant advocates argued undocumented workers in the state were entitled to compensation if they were injured on the job. In an ...
CBS News

Minnesota nursing home workers will have to wait for raises because state dropped ball on paperwork

Unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of workers in Minnesota nursing homes had been set to go into effect Jan. 1. But adoption of this new law is indefinitely delayed. The reason is that the ...
News on 6

State Farm insurance claims under investigation in Oklahoma

An Oklahoma-based investigation into State Farm homeowners insurance claims is drawing national attention as state leaders consider intervening in lawsuits alleging a coordinated effort to reduce ...