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Assembly passes bill removing labor-market-attachment requirement for many temporary workers’ compensation claimants
Summary
The Assembly approved legislation eliminating a requirement that certain injured workers demonstrate ongoing attachment to the labor market while receiving temporary partial or temporary full workers’ compensation benefits.
The Assembly voted Wednesday to pass legislation amending the Workers’ Compensation Law to remove the requirement that claimants with temporary partial or temporary full disabilities demonstrate ongoing attachment to the labor market in order to continue receiving benefits.
Sponsor Assemblywoman Cruz said the existing rule forces injured workers to document job-search efforts while they are receiving medical care and rehabilitation and can be “onerous” and counterproductive to healing. She said the bill will spare…
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