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Advocates push for 'Act to Protect Injured Workers' to strengthen anti-retaliation enforcement
Summary
A broad coalition of legal services, unions, immigrant advocacy groups and injury-law experts urged the Joint Committee to advance legislation (H2151 / S1310) that would expand protections and enforcement tools for workers who report job injuries.
Dozens of advocates, physicians and legal experts told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development that the commonwealth’s workers’ compensation system needs stronger anti-retaliation measures to ensure injured employees can access care and benefits.
The bills most central to this panel were House 2151 and Senate 1310, commonly referred to in testimony as “an act to protect injured workers.” Testimony came from Greater Boston Legal Services, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), the Mass. AFL-CIO, legal practitioners and…
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