Workers' compensation
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021, file photo, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers walk outside the hospital, in Los Angeles. The California Senate has rejected a bill aimed at making it easier for some hospital workers to get workers compensation benefits. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello,File)
California Senate rejects workers compensation proposal

By Adam Beam Jun. 03, 2021 08:16 PM EDT

The budget bill, HB1800 was approved by a vote of 29-10 during the floor session of the Virginia Senate, which is meeting inside the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Virginia lawmakers wind down this year's session

By Sarah Rankin And Denise Lavoie Feb. 27, 2021 11:49 PM EST

Bills that help first responders hit by COVID-19 advance

By Sam Fowler Of Capital News Service Feb. 19, 2021 05:32 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have passed bills that allow certain first responders to file workers’ compensation benefits for being disabled from...

Ohio announces record $5 billion returned to employers

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Oct. 28, 2020 04:41 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio employers will receive a record $5 billion in repayments from the state insurance fund for injured workers to help with the...

California governor signs laws to protect workers from virus

By Adam Beam Sep. 17, 2020 04:21 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California companies must warn their workers of any potential exposure to the coronavirus and they must pay their employees workers...

FILE - In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, left, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, wears a face mask while standing behind a plexiglass barrier during a budget committee hearing in the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers are preparing to return to work after an extended summer recess because of the coronavirus. Lawmakers will have about five weeks to pass bills when they return to work on Monday, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Little time, big agenda when California lawmakers return

By Adam Beam Jul. 26, 2020 11:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2020, file photo, a farmworker, considered an essential worker under the current COVID-19 guidelines, covers his face as he works at a flower farm in Santa Paula, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, July 24, 2020, pledged to do more to protect Latinos and essential workers from economic and health harms caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but he said he will do so by working with the Legislature, not acting on his own. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
California governor pledges support for essential workers

By Kathleen Ronayne Jul. 24, 2020 07:30 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 22, 2020, file photo, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont speaks at a news conference at Pfizer Groton in Groton, Conn. On Friday, July 24, 2020, Lamont signed an executive order that will provide front-line workers "presumptive eligibility" for compensation benefits if they contracted the coronavirus while on the job during the early days of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)
Lamont order presumes workers comp eligibility for virus

By Susan Haigh Jul. 24, 2020 04:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2020, file photo Medical personnel attend a daily 7 p.m. applause in their honor, during the coronavirus pandemic outside NYU Langone Medical Center in the Manhattan borough of New York. Essential workers are lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes. But in most states nurses, first responders and frontline workers who get COVID-19 on the job have no guarantee they'll qualify for workers' comp to cover lost wages and medical care. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
COVID-19 heroes must jump through hoops for workers' comp

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jul. 11, 2020 12:36 AM EDT

Arkansas governor gives businesses virus lawsuit protections

By Andrew Demillo Jun. 15, 2020 04:29 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday granted businesses protections from coronavirus lawsuits, while the state’s epidemiologist said...

Connecticut surpasses 4,000 deaths; Lamont fears complacency

By Susan Haigh Jun. 04, 2020 03:04 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As the number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continues to decline, Connecticut surpassed 4,000 deaths from the virus on...

Missouri family files claim in nurse's death from virus

May. 12, 2020 12:57 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Missouri nurse who died from COVID-19 filed a claim for death benefits Monday under the state's workers'...

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 5, 2020 file photo Gov. Gavin Newsom looks at the items for sell at the Display California store in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, said he is issuing an executive order allowing employees across California's economy to apply for worker's compensation if they contract the coronavirus, with a presumption that it was work-related unless employers can prove otherwise. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool,File)
California governor expands health coverage in virus cases

By Don Thompson May. 06, 2020 08:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, speaks at rally calling for passage of her measure to limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California is suing ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, alleging they misclassified their drivers as independent contractors under the state's new labor law, AB5, that took effect Jan. 1. Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the lawsuit Tuesday, May 5, 2020, during a news conference. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
California sues Uber, Lyft over alleged labor law violations

By Stefanie Dazio May. 05, 2020 03:26 PM EDT

A medical assistant prepares to take a swab from a patient at a new drive-thru and walk-up coronavirus testing site Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Seattle. The site, open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Rainier Beach neighborhood, is available to anyone displaying the virus symptoms, are pregnant, over 60 or have a chronic condition, as well as health care workers and first responders. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Hundreds of WA health care workers sickened by coronavirus

By Martha Bellisle May. 04, 2020 11:59 AM EDT

Judge blocks new Illinois workers' compensation rule

Apr. 24, 2020 10:44 AM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A judge has blocked a new Illinois workers' compensation rule granting benefits to any employee deemed essential who contracts COVID...

Nikolas Thomson, of Southington, is making 3-D printed face shields and other protective equipment for healthcare workers and first responders, Friday, Apr. 17, 2020 in Southington, Conn. The three have set up shop in the building previously occupied by Hop Knot craft beer and gourmet pretzel bar on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Plantsville. (Dave Zajac/Record-Journal via AP)
Connecticut teams up with app designers to gauge COVID cases

By Susan Haigh And Chris Ehrmann Apr. 20, 2020 10:52 AM EDT

Rhode Island takes steps to protect elderly during pandemic

Apr. 17, 2020 10:21 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is taking extra steps to protect residents of the state's nursing homes and assisted living facilities who are...

Social distancing and substitute meeting areas for lawmakers was in effect in the Minnesota House as legislators met, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. to pass a bill to assure that first responders and medical workers will qualify for workers compensation if they get sick with COVID-19 and won't have to prove they contracted the disease on the job. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Minnesota Legislature OKs protection for front-line workers

By Steve Karnowski Apr. 07, 2020 12:16 PM EDT