Governor Appoints Labor Rep to Funding Commission

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin appointed a contractor to serve on the commission that oversees funding of the state’s workers’ compensation program. William Douglas Hacker, a general contractor in Lexington, was appointed as a member of the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission. Hacker will represent labor and serve for a term expiring Nov. 18, 2020. The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission board of directors consists of seven members, four of whom are appointed by the governor. Created in 1987, the Funding Commission sets annual assessment ra...