Employers' Reform Proposals in Play for 2018 Session

An employer-backed bill proposing changes to subrogation rules, claim acceptance authority, occupational disease standards, the minimum age to settle a claim and how courts in Washington should construe the state’s workers’ compensation laws was carried over to the 2018 legislative session. Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, last year introduced HB 1729, proposing statutory fixes to areas of concern identified last year by a 12-member business coalition that included the Washington Self-Insurers Association, the National Federation of Independent Business and Associated General Co...