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Lawmakers hear debate over SB 308 to raise workers' comp wage cap for higher-paid employees
Summary
Senate Finance and Claims held a fiscal-note hearing on Senate Bill 308, a proposal to change how wage loss benefits are calculated in Montana workers' compensation by increasing the annual income cap used to compute the weekly average from roughly $52,000 to $150,000.
Senate Finance and Claims held a fiscal-note hearing on Senate Bill 308, a proposal to change how wage loss benefits are calculated in Montana workers' compensation by increasing the annual income cap used to compute the weekly average from roughly $52,000 to $150,000.
Sponsor Senator Derek Harvey (Senate District 37) said the bill amends the weekly average so higher-wage workers would receive 66 2/3 percent of their actual wages up to $150,000 annual income rather than being capped at the lower figure. "We're talking about money that's not going into workers' pockets because they got injured…
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