Employers Urging Commission to Block Industrial Commission Rules

North Carolina workers' compensation defense attorneys and employer groups are urging a panel that meets today to throw out rules adopted by the Industrial Commission, arguing the agency blew its first attempt to comply with the state Administrative Procedures Act by failing to provide laymen descriptions of its rule proposals before adopting them.The North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys said in written comments to the Rules Review Commission that the Industrial Commission published only a blanket statement to explain its reasons for adopting 153 separate rules, contained in 10 ...