Rules Overhaul Includes Proof-of-Coverage Provision

By Heather Scofield, ReporterThe North Carolina Industrial Commission released on Thursday a proposal to overhaul the state's workers' compensation rules with hundreds of technical changes, including a new provision that would require employers to submit proof of workers' compensation insurance coverage to the commission.The commission is proposing the rules change as media outlets continue to call for Gov. Bev Purdue to veto a bill passed on June 21 aimed at getting that exact information to the commission for its enforcement efforts against the roughly 30,000 employers in the sta...