A Florida lawmaker on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow businesses to create their own programs to compensate workers for occupational injuries as an alternative to participating in the state's workers' compensation system.
Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes, introduced HB 1069, which would allow employers to continue providing benefits for occupational injuries under work comp or elect to become "a qualified compensation alternative employer."
Employers that go for the alternative arrangement would be required to adopt their own written plans to provide occupat...
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