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New Maximum Weekly Benefit Rate Effective July 1, 2022

Effective July 1, 2022, the maximum weekly benefit rate will increase by 5.9% to $1,125.46. The maximum rate is revised annually based on the NYS Average Weekly Wage for the previous year. The NYS Labor Department reports the prior year NYS AWW at the end of March....

Section 32 Waiver Agreements / Release of Liability

The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify and expand upon the Board’s October 8, 2021 bulletin. In the October 8, 2021 bulletin, the Board indicated that it had become aware that some insurance carriers/self-insured employers and their representatives had, as a...

CoA Decision

No. 29 In the Matter of the Claim of Thomas Johnson, Appellant. v. City of New York, Respondent. Workers’ Compensation Board, Respondent. —————- No. 30 In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph D. Liuni, Appellant. v. Gander Mountain et...