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Undocumented workers in Michigan who are injured on the job would have access to workers' compensation benefits under recently proposed legislation.

Government nuclear employees who suffer from work-related medical conditions face long delays in settling claims, according to an audit by the Government Accountability Office.

Medical costs per workers' compensation claim in Illinois were among the highest of 15 study states one year after the implementation of its first medical fee schedule in 2006. However, the Workers Compensation Research Institute found that growth in medical costs per claim slowed to 5 percent in 2007 claims evaluated in 2008 after double-digit growth rates before the fee schedule.

Work absences due to osteoarthritis cost U.S. employers more than $10 billion per year, according to a recent study.

Minnesota boasts the top performing workers' compensation system in the country, according a report by the Work Loss Data Institute.

A coalition of Florida organizations is relaunching an effort to improve occupational safety and health protections for the state's public sector employees.

Restaurant workers in California accounted for slightly more than 4 percent of the state's overall workers' compensation benefit payments from 2000-08, according to a study.

The attorney general of Massachusetts is objecting to a proposed 4.5 percent increase in workers' compensation premiums.

The Ohio Nurses Association is urging lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at preventing violence in the workplace.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently published a booklet to help employers comply with requirements of the agency's hexavalent chromium standards.

Legislative reforms have lowered costs in specific areas of Tennessee's workers' compensation system, according to a report.

A chemical widely used to clean metal such as auto parts may place workers at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease.

Oregon's nonprofit, state-chartered workers' compensation insurer recently announced that it approved a $100 million dividend for more than 44,000 employers.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is calling on the state's largest workers' compensation insurer to return a portion of its $147 million surplus to help small businesses create and maintain jobs during the recession.

An estimated 3 million full-time workers in the U.S. without health insurance needed substance use treatment in the past year, according to a national survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. However, many of these individuals aren't getting the help they need to overcome their addictions.

Workers' compensation costs for most employers in Vermont will fall for the fourth consecutive year beginning April 1.