New and Revised Plain-Language Notices Go Live March 1

Workers’ compensation carriers must use new and revised plain-language notices beginning March 1, the Division of Workers’ Compensation says. The agency revised notices PLN-1, PLN-2 and PLN-4 through PLN-12. It created new notices PLN-3a, PLN-3b and PLN-3c. All of the notices are here. The agency’s “goal is to improve the notices insurance carriers use to communicate with injured employees,” according to a stakeholder memo from Emily McCoy, the DWC’s associate general counsel. “Generally, the purpose of the new and revised plain language notices is...