11/13/2008 News For: Workmans Comp Fee ScheduleLabor hikes alien processing fee The Department of Labor sprung a surprise on businesses yesterday afternoon, increasing the application processing fee for alien workers and causing confusion and drawing complaints from some businesses and their representatives, who said they were not informed of the price hike beforehand. Workers' Comp Cost-Control Blog Feed Now Available From Amaxx A high-quality blog feed offering fresh tips on reducing workers' compensation costs is now available to news organizations and company intranets from Amaxx Risk Solutions Ex-S.F. firefighter's workers' comp problem A former San Francisco firefighter is facing criminal charges after she collected $140,000 in workers' compensation and disability payments - while she was participating in ultramarathons and triathlons from the Sierra to Germany. Christina Hijjawi, 37,... N. D. Judge Denys Request to Move Trial of Former Workers' Comp Head A judge has denied North Dakota's former workers' compensation director's request to move his criminal trial out of Burleigh County. Sandy Blunt faces two felony charges that accuse him of misspen West Virginia Workers' Comp Insurer Plans 50 Staff Cuts BrickStreet Insurance said it is looking to shed 50 employees in a move to cut costs following the loss of its monopoly in writing workers' compensation insurance policies to West Virginia businesses. Ex-S.F. firefighter's workers' comp problem A former San Francisco firefighter is facing criminal charges after she collected $140,000 in workers' compensation and disability payments - while she was participating in ultramarathons and triathlons from the Sierra to Germany. Christina Hijjawi, 37,... Plausible Deniability Just how well the workers' comp system is working in Texas remains something of a mystery. While Amy Lee, director of the state's Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group, can churn out report after report on initial denial rates���they have been increasing and were at 41 percent i... Roseburg downsizes By PEGGY KINGpeggy.king@gaflnews.comVIENNA ��� Roseburg Forest Products��� particleboard plant here has begun phasing out 47 jobs, and a new work schedule will commence within the next two weeks, according to Hank Snow, vice president of human resources at the company���s headquarters in Roseburg, Ore. Joseph C. Wheeler Joseph C. Wheeler of Washington died October 28, 2008, in the Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington. He was a native of Dade County, Florida, and the son of the late Lester Irving Wheeler Jr. and Sara Isabel Davis Wheeler. Before becoming disabled, he had worked for an auto parts manufacturing comp... Work on $12.5 million airport terminal starts in 2009, completed in 2010 Construction on the new $12.5 million passenger terminal at Yellowstone Regional Airport will start a year earlier than planned. Under the new schedule, work on the midfield terminal will start in winter 2009 and be completed by Dec. 1, 2010. |


