One Comp Measure Fails, Another Moves to Senate

A bill that sought to expand employer subrogation rights and allow employers to cut off benefits to claimants fired for misconduct failed to win the two-thirds vote in the House of Representatives needed for passage.  On the other hand, a second measure that would limit the duration of permanent total disability benefits to 450 weeks passed the House earlier this month and has now been taken up by the Senate. Because Arkansas voters adopted the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act in a 1948 initiative, the law cannot be changed without two-thirds approval in both chambers o...