BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

HB 1749: Worker's comp calculation

Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits.

Summary

Changes the calculation of industrial insurance benefits, including changing the definition of wages to exclude fringe benefits, establishing an initial payment period, using 12-month wage averaging, and using a flat 66 and 2/3 percent instead of a variable percentage of the worker's wage at injury.

From the House Bill Analysis 2007 (HB 1749), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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