The National Council on Compensation Insurance said that the topics of interest in state and federal bills monitored in 2026 were mainly consistent with topics from prior years.
However, there was a noticeable increase in bills determining when workers are employees and when they're independent contractors, and a related increase in bills proposing portable benefits packages for independent contractors.
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Virginia enacted bills related to worker classification, NCCI said.
In Louisiana, HB 185 expands the definition of independent contractor to include employe...
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