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Workers’ Compensation Court remains attached to Labor Department; bill floated to move it to the judiciary

2220770 · February 4, 2025
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Commissioner Swanson and staff described the Workers’ Compensation Court as an administratively attached agency with five positions; the department has reviewed draft legislation that would relocate the court to the judicial branch, modeled on Montana’s water court.

Commissioner Sarah Swanson described the Workers’ Compensation Court to the Section A Subcommittee as the adjudicatory body for workers’ compensation appeals and said it is currently administratively attached to the Department of Labor and Industry.

Swanson told the committee the court was…

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