Bill to Consolidate DWC Passes Finance Committee

A bill projected to save Alaska more than a quarter of a million dollars a year by merging the Division of Workers’ Compensation with another labor agency was passed out of a key committee Tuesday. The House of Representatives Finance Committee voted 9-0 to pass House Bill 68. The bill would merge the Division of Workers’ Compensation with the Division of Labor Standards and Safety. The newly created Division of Workers’ Safety and Compensation would assume the duties of both agencies, including regulating the state’s comp system, and investigating wage violations...