Posts tagged Worksite Injuries

• Topeka Requires Contractors To Have Insurance

  James B. Biggs | March 05, 2006 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The city has minimized the risk to Topekans building or remodeling homes of being preyed upon by fly-by-night or fraudulent contractors.Since December 2004, the city of Topeka has required general contractors to have a minimum of $300,000 in liability insurance, a general contractor certification and workers compensation insurance, if they have employees."Before December of 2004, anyone walking...

• Hot Debate Over Work Comp Benefits In Kansas

  James B. Biggs | February 28, 2006 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Sen. Karin Brownlee and Doug Allen sharply differed Wednesday on merits of proposed changes to the Kansas workers' compensation law.Brownlee, R-Olathe, supports a bill sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce that relieves companies of part of their financial obligation to employees hurt at work. Allen, of Spring Hill, takes a view that compensation for Kansans in job-related accidents --...

• Kansas Workers Compensation "Going & Coming" Rule Analyzed

  James B. Biggs | February 23, 2006 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Recently, the Kansas Court of Appeals addressed the premises exception to the going and coming rule and found in favor of the employer. In Rinke v. Bank of America, Docket No. 93, 868 (October 21, 2005), an employee was injured in the parking lot outside the building where she worked. The building and the parking lot were owned by a third party and the employer leased 727 of the 747 parking...

• Lawsuit Challenges Workers' Compensation Law

  Staff Writer | December 08, 2005 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Things are really heating up in Missouri over their new workers' compensation law. Over 70 labor groups have filed suit challenging whether the law is constitutional. The new law, which changed our neighboring state's nearly 80 year old workers' compensation system, essentially makes it harder for workers to prove their injuries are work-related and was a top priority for Republican governor...