Employers Oppose Proposal to Eliminate Marital Status From Benefit Calculation

Representatives for employers in Washington said that while they agree that the state’s rules for calculating indemnity benefits could stand revision, they don’t support a proposal that would address only differences in awards based on whether an injured worker is married. Employer lobbyists testifying during a Senate Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee hearing Monday said that in principle they support the proposal in Senate Bill 5835, which would eliminate consideration of marital status when determining the percentage of a worker’s wages to be paid for permanent ...