Democrats File 27 Bills to Revamp WC Laws; Biz Groups Fight Back

With Democrats in control of the Legislature and the governor's office for the first time in eight years, worker advocates have slated 27 bills that would rewrite much of the workers' compensation laws put in place in the state over the last three decades. Employers and insurance groups are pushing back on several fronts, arguing that the measures would send the state back to the dark days of the late 1980s, when all but one insurer had left the state, and Maine was considered one of the most expensive places for workers' compensation insurance. A House committee hearing set ...