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Benefit Penalties: Updated Info from DIR
By Jason Weinstock on January 24, 2014 Posted in DIR complaints

 I received a letter from Charles Verre, Chief Administrative Officer of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Division of Industrial Relations responding to my request for more information about the number of benefit penalties against insurers and third-party administrators by DIR.  (DIR investigates complaints by injured workers that insurers and/or their third-party administrators are violating … Continue reading Benefit Penalties: Updated Info from DIR →

A New and Better Regulatory Agency For Nevada Work Comp Claims?
By Jason Weinstock on November 27, 2013 Posted in DIR complaints

      The Nevada Justice Association, comprised of plaintiffs’ attorneys, has a small off-shoot group of workers’ compensation attorneys who represent injured workers.  I joined this group, started by Billie-Marie Morrison of Craig Kenny & Associates this past year, and I’m glad I did.  The attorneys who attend freely share their practice tips, and … Continue reading A New and Better Regulatory Agency For Nevada Work Comp Claims? →

DIR Conference on Nevada Work Comp
By Jason Weinstock on August 24, 2013 Posted in DIR complaints

On August 15-16, the Division of Industrial Relations (DIR) held its annual educational conference for anyone interested in the Nevada workers’ compensation system.  I was unable to attend many of the break-out sessions, but was present for the panel discussions with the key DIR employees responsible for insurer compliance with the law.  Previously, i wrote in … Continue reading DIR Conference on Nevada Work Comp →

Nevada Workers’ Comp: Who or What is DIR?
By Jason Weinstock on July 23, 2013 Posted in DIR complaints

I’m grateful that my social media consultant knows only what she’s read in my blog posts about the Nevada workers’ compensation system, because she reminds me that my intended readers, like her, may  know little about the system.   After reading my last blog post about DIR complaints, she saw that I didn’t  give the full … Continue reading Nevada Workers’ Comp: Who or What is DIR? →

DIR Statistics Disappointing for Injured Workers
By Jason Weinstock on July 20, 2013 Posted in DIR complaints

 Last year when I contacted the Research and Analysis Supervisor of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Industrial Insurance Regulation Section of the DIR, I was told that only 31 benefit penalties were issued in 2011.  I just received statistical information for Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013), and over this … Continue reading DIR Statistics Disappointing for Injured Workers →

DIR Complaints Are Insufficient Remedy
By Jason Weinstock on July 11, 2012 Posted in DIR complaints

 In 1995, the Nevada legislature passed a law, NRS 616D.030,  that injured workers could no longer sue workers’ compensation insurers or the third-party administrators who handle comp claims .Injured workers had been filing  lawsuits for money damages against  insurer’s or TPA’s for their  "bad faith" or negligence in denying or delaying medical care and compensation … Continue reading DIR Complaints Are Insufficient Remedy →

Workplace Safety In Nevada
By Jason Weinstock on April 22, 2009 Posted in DIR complaints,Workplace safety

Congratulations to Alexandra Berzon, a journalist with the Las Vegas Sun, for recently winning the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for her investigative reporting last year of the 9 construction workers who died at CityCenter in a 16-month time period. Ms. Berzon continues to report on the reforms, or rather the lack of significant reforms to … Continue reading Workplace Safety In Nevada →

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