Bill Proposes 'Stay-at-Work' Program

The Alaska Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to create a program through which rehabilitation specialists would develop plans to return injured workers to the employer-at-injury, under a bill introduced in the state Senate. SB 206, by Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson, D-Anchorage, would create a stay-at-work benefits program within the DWC that would be open to injured workers who miss at least 25 consecutive days. The bill would require the division to notify injured workers who have missed 25 days of the right to participate in the program, and they would have 10 days to ...