States want to ensure worker protections
- A coalition of 2o attorneys general in an amicus brief pushing back on new proposed rules by OSHA to establish and enforce federal workplace safety protections.
- While amici states play a significant role in ensuring the safety of workers, OSHA is a vital partner in protecting health and safety in the workplace nationwide, according to the brief.
- OSHA’s permanent safety standards ensure workplace safety throughout the United States and are critical to state efforts to protect workers, the attorneys said.
- The agency’s authority to promulgate permanent safety standards does not violate the nondelegation doctrine.
Connecticut looks to protect workers’ comp
- The Connecticut Business & Industry Association and the Insurance Association of Connecticut are opposing a legal challenge to the exclusivity provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act.
- The case is an appeal arising from the trial court’s judgment granting the Rogers Corporation’s motion for summary judgment.
- The exclusivity provision of Connecticut’s Workers’ Compensation Act is a bar to civil actions brought by employees against employers for job-related injuries.
- The act was designed to represent a trade-off between employer and employee rights.
New York considers workers’ comp for Lyme disease
- Legislation has been introduced to extend workers’ compensation coverage to New Yorkers who contract Lyme and other tick-borne diseases on the job.
- Under the measure, workers that would qualify include those employed in any process involving outdoor activity or treatment of animals.
- A similar measure failed to gain traction last year.
- S.B. 3117 is sponsored by Sen. John Mannion, chairman of the Committee on Disabilities.
Transportation workers involved in fatal accident
- Three Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development workers were involved in a fatal accident on U.S. 171.
- One employee — identified as Chris Gray — was killed.
- Jalen Singleton sustained serious injuries, and Mario Ross received moderate injuries and was later released from the hospital.
- The workers involved were filling potholes on U.S. 171 with asphalt at the time of the incident. The driver of the logging truck was injured and transported to the hospital.