L&I Proposes Rules to Clarify Self-Insurer Claims-Handling Obligations

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has proposed rules that would give self-insured employers some of the additional claims-handling authority lawmakers refused to provide over the last two sessions. The department would require self-insured employers to use specified forms to inform injured workers about decisions relating to benefits, including how indemnity payments were calculated. The proposed rules would also create a presumption that benefits weren’t unreasonably delayed if a worker didn’t object to how wages were calculated within 60 days of receiving not...