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January 2003,
Vol. 126, No.1
Changes in workers’ compensation laws, 2002
Glenn Whittington
Chief, Branch of Planning Policy and Standards, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Employee Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
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gaw@fenix2.dol-esa.gov
Changes in State compensation laws ranged from increasing death benefit and burial expense amounts, to revising the criteria for eligibility for disability benefits, to expanding coverage for rescue workers whose health was affected or whose life was terminated by the events of September 11, 2001.
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