Report Declares Opt-Out Ruling, Mainstream Reporting on Comp Victories for Workers in 2015-16

A Public Welfare Foundation-funded report highlighting wins for U.S. workers over the past year listed the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission's ruling against opt out as a victory. "The Year in U.S. Occupational Health and Safety: Fall 2015 to Summer 2016," released on Labor Day, also listed mainstream news coverage of workers' compensation issues as a notable occurrence this year. The report mentioned series on workers' compensation by NPR and ProPublica, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Detroit Free Press and McClatchy newspapers. The storie...