Provides the carrier or employer a credit against permanent partial disability benefits for temporary partial disability payments made in excess of 130 weeks.
Provides for cost-of-living adjustments of disability benefits for an employee with a permanent total disability to be based on an increase of the consumer price index as promulgated by the U.S. department of labor.
A bill for an act relating to standards for determination of loss or permanent impairment for purposes of permanent partial disability under workers' compensation and including applicability provisions.
A bill for an act relating to standards for determination of loss or permanent impairment for purposes of permanent partial disability under workers' compensation and including applicability provisions.
Prohibits insurance carriers and employers from withholding certain benefits from injured workers based on a claim that such workers have voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market by not seeking alternate employment that their injury or illness does not preclude them from performing.