The Iowa Special Legislative Session resulted in some workers' compensation 'reform' that was tied to a bill guaranteeing payment of $36 million to the 56 businesses that already have been issued Values Fund award.The reform bill, House File 2581, eliminates liability for successive disability claims for an employee who is injured more than once on the same job by granting the employer a credit for the prior disability.In addition, a worker injured twice on the job will be compensated at the level of his or her earning capacity before the first injury. The vocational rehabilitation indemnity r...
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