Workers' compensation: 1986 State enactments, (EXCERPT), Monthly Labor Review Online, January 1987

Workers' compensation: 1986 State enactments

LaVerne C. Tinsley

During 1986, regular legislative sessions were held in all States except Arkansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, and Texas. The year was an exceptional one for enactment of State workers' compensation legislation with the passage of 160 laws, compared with 136 enactments in 1984. Traditionally, fewer amendments become law during even-numbered years.

Nineteen laws were changed either to allow coverage of certain persons who were previously excluded or to totally eliminate certain coverages.

The proportion of the State average weekly wage on which benefits are based was changed from 100 percent to 150 percent in Vermont. New Mexico froze its average weekly wage for 2 years. Additionally, Oklahoma enacted legislation which provides for the average weekly wage in the State to be changed once every 3 years, rather than annually.

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