Green: PPD, PTD Minimums Added to Voluntary Comp Bill

An amendment to the voluntary workers’ compensation bill in the Tennessee Senate will add required minimum-benefit provisions for permanent partial disability and other benefit types left out of the original bill, Sen. Mark Green told a legislative committee. In announcing the amendments – which weren’t yet available as of late Tuesday – Green addressed one of labor's foremost concerns with Senate Bill 721. The bill would allow Tennessee employers to forego workers’ compensation in exchange for offering an alternative plan with stipulated minimum-benefit...