The Oklahoma State Fraternal Order of Police is working with lawmakers on a bill that would close an apparent gap created by the Legislature that leaves workers unprotected by workers’ compensation if they contract infectious diseases on the job.
The dramatic overhaul shifting Oklahoma to an administrative workers’ compensation system, codified in last year’s Senate Bill 1062 and effective on Feb. 1 of this year, has come under repeated attacks for issues ranging from the efficiency of the new system to the constitutionality of the law.
Although the infectious-disease p...
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