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BISMARCKPeople familiar with Workforce Safety and Insurance tend to give the state agency more positive reviews than those unfamiliar with it, a recent survey shows. University of Mary students recen...
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WSI to undergo third audit to clear up confusion

State auditors will take a fresh look at denied workers’ compensation claims in North Dakota and also will study the laws defining eligibility for certain benefits. The areas are among those to be covered in a performance audit of Workforce Safety and Insurance, the state workers’ compensation agency, in a review of its operations in 2008 and 2009.

By By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications Co. , November 25, 2009

N.D. Supreme Court to hear Blunt appeal

North Dakota’s Supreme Court will hear the appeal of former state workers compensation director Sandy Blunt next month. Blunt is appealing his December conviction on charges that he misspent more than $10,000 in Workforce Safety and Insurance funds. He argues the law does not justify his felony conviction.

September 22, 2009

WSI seeks applicants for board

The coordinating committee charged with nominating candidates to represent employers on the Workforce Safety and Insurance Board of Directors is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the board. This vacancy must be filled by the principal owner, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of a North Dakota business paying less than $25,000 per year in workers compensation insurance premiums.

May 30, 2009

N.D. legislators divided on choice

Gov. John Hoeven blundered in choosing a former Highway Patrol commander as North Dakota’s new workers compensation director, the state Republican House majority leader says.

By By Dale Wetzel, The Associated Press , March 07, 2009

Ex-Highway Patrol chief to lead Workforce Safety and Insurance

A former Highway Patrol commander is the new head of Workforce Safety and Insurance and a former agriculture official is deputy director. Gov. John Hoeven named Bryan Klipfel and Clare Carlson to the top spots at the state workers’ compensation agency Friday. Carlson will also be public affairs officer.

By By Janell Cole , N.D. Capitol Bureau , March 07, 2009

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WSI board wants to keep some duties

Measure 4’s passage in November neutered the Workforce Safety and Insurance board, but it nevertheless doesn’t want to give up rate-setting and awarding of dividends to employers, the acting board chairman told a legislative committee Monday.

By By Janell Cole , N.D. Capitol Bureau , February 03, 2009

WSI offering programs for employers

Severe injury rates in North Dakota have declined 47 percent since 1995 and to ensure this trend continues Workforce Safety & Insurance is offering new safety grant and discount programs aimed at further reducing the frequency of workplace injuries.

January 10, 2009

Measure 4 affects some WSI bills

Acting on bills affecting the state workers’ compensation agency is a bit more complicated this session now that North Dakota voters have just given jurisdiction back to the governor, legislators and a labor leader said Wednesday.

By By Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau , January 08, 2009

Jury debating Blunt’s case

Jurors in the criminal trial of former Workforce Safety and Insurance CEO Charles “Sandy” Blunt deliberated about two hours Thursday before recessing for the evening. They are to begin again at 8:30 a.m. today.

By By Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau , December 19, 2008

WSI witnesses testify spending was wrong

The prosecution rested its case Wednesday afternoon against former Workforce Safety and Insurance CEO Charles “Sandy” Blunt, a few hours after a former procurement officer testified she did little to rein in questionable spending at WSI because “there was a culture of fear there.”

By By Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau , December 18, 2008

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WSI chairman leaving

The chairman of the Workforce Safety and Insurance Board won’t seek another term and will leave the board when his term expires Dec. 31, he said Monday in a letter to Gov. John Hoeven. Mark Gjovig, of Williston, was appointed to a six-year term in January 2003. He has been chairman since March, taking the place of longtime Chairman Bob Indvik of Bottineau, who resigned in January. He had been vice chairman under Indvik.

By By Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau , December 02, 2008

WSI board, Hoeven seek smooth transition

Workforce Safety and Insurance’s board and Gov. John Hoeven are working on a transition plan now that voters have OK’d putting the agency back into the governor’s cabinet. WSI Board Chairman Mark Gjovig, interim WSI CEO Bruce Furness and board member Mark Jackson of Fargo met with Hoeven’s chief of staff, Ron Rauschenberger, Thursday morning, ahead of the board’s all-day meeting in Bismarck.

By By Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau , November 07, 2008

Workers would get improved laws in WSI bills

Injured workers may get more paid time for retraining when they can’t go back to their former jobs and more aid for job searching, under a workers’ compensation proposal legislators approved Thursday. The 2009 Legislature will consider changing laws to make those improvements and several other workers’ compensation laws. All are designed to enhance how Workforce Safety and Insurance aids injured workers or helps them return to employment.

By By Janell Cole , N.D. Capitol Bureau , October 25, 2008

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