Lawmakers Mum on Comp Bills Criticized as 'Draconian'

Louisiana lawmakers would not comment on bills that would reduce payments to doctors when treating injured workers, abolish a labor-management advisory board and terminate temporary disability benefits if a worker can engage in self-employment that critics panned as “draconian” and unnecessary, according to a report by The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate. The newspaper reported on several bills characterized by opponents as being anti-labor: measures that restrict union activity, reduce worker benefits or modify provisions in the state’s workers’ compensation l...