A Pennsylvania state senator introduced legislation that would increase benefits for workers who suffer serious and permanently disfiguring injuries on the job.
SB 1094, by Sen. Nick Pisciottano, D-Allegheny, was referred to the Senate Committee on Labor and Industry on Monday.
The bill would provide benefits for permanent disfigurement to any part of the body, not just the head, neck or face, and would make benefits for serious and permanent disfigurement available for 400 weeks instead of 275 weeks.
"Permanent scarring or disfigurement from a workplace injury is devastating, rega...
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