The Washington state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would require the state to publish in rate notices all programs and services that are funded through money from its workers’ compensation system. Sen. Janea Holmquist Newbry, R-Moses Lake, introduced Substitute Senate Bill 5278, saying businesses deserve to know how their workers’ compensation assessments are being allocated. “Many employers and employees assume that their workers’ compensation tax payments go only toward the cost of workers’ compensation insurance,” she said in a statement. &ldqu...
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