Bill Would Bar Comp if Safety Rule Violated

A Mississippi bill would allow employers to deny workers' compensation benefits when an injury stems from an intentional breach of a safety rule. HB 635, introduced Tuesday, would amend state workers' compensation law to create a specific exception to the requirement that compensation be paid for disability or death from a workplace injury. Under the proposal, no benefits would be payable if the employee’s injury was “proximately” caused by a “willful violation” of a reasonable safety rule or regulation that was written, communicated to the worker and di...