Tag: Industrial Commission
Yarnell homeowners blocked from suing state
Feds warn Arizona about lowering workplace injury fines
Federal officials warned a commission overseeing Arizona’s workplace safety agency that its practice of lowering fines on companies for worker injuries and deaths violates the state’s laws and could jeopardize...
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Yee seeks to curb per diem after Industrial Commission flap
Sen. Kimberly Yee wants to ensure that last year’s revelations about per diem payments to two members of the Industrial Commission of Arizona won’t repeat themselves. And she’s taking steps...
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Rep. Petersen wants to scale back Industrial Commission
Ducey audit aims to reduce number of boards and commissions
Can you get a per diem for writing a resignation letter?
Yee’s inquiry into excessive per diem reimbursements by two members of the Industrial Commission and the subsequent reporting on the matter in this publication and the Capitol Times appears to...
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Industrial commission members, top staffer resign after per diem flap
No mandated minimum wage pay boost for Arizonans this year
Arizona’s 43,000 minimum wage workers are not going to get a government-mandated pay boost in January. And you can blame low oil prices for that. New figures Wednesday from the...
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Workers’ comp bill on hold until next year
Proponents of a bill that would bar employees from suing for damages over bad-faith denials of workers’ compensation claims headed off a contentious fight, at least for now, by putting...
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To raid or not to raid? Court decisions guide Legislature
Court rules Legislature can take money from workers comp fund
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Legislature can sweep money from a workers’ compensation fund that provides additional awards for catastrophically injured workers. The court overturned a...
