Legislation Would Expand Occupational Injury and Illness Law

Identical bills have been pre-filed in Virginia that would amend the state’s workers' compensation law to expand occupational injuries or diseases as those stemming “from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors.” Both SB 803, to be presented Wednesday, and SB 788, sent to the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee, state that such occupational injuries would include “repetitive and sustained motions, exertions, posture stresses, contact stresses, vibrations or noises” and that such “repetitive and sustained...