NWCDN Members regularly post articles and summary judgements in workers’ compensations law in your state.
Select a state from the dropdown menu below to scroll through the state specific archives for updates and opinions on various workers’ compensation laws in your state.
Contact information for NWCDN members is also located on the state specific links in the event you have additional questions or your company is seeking a workers’ compensation lawyer in your state.
The Division adopted amendments to rule 132.7, regarding duration of death benefits for eligible
spouses, and rule 132.13, regarding burial benefits, to conform the rules to 2015 legislative changes.
The changes allow spouses of first responders to remarry and continue to receive death benefits.
The changes do not apply to non-first responder spouses so they should not remarry if they want to
continue to receive death benefits. The changes also increase the maximum burial benefit from
$6,000 to $10,000 for injuries occurring on or after September 1, 2015.