New Bill Would Limit Employer's Liability for Permanent Total Disability Payments

A bill introduced this month to the Alabama Legislature would limit employers’ liability for benefits to injured workers. Senate Bill 122, introduced on Feb. 2 and awaiting a hearing in the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, would cut off payment of permanent and total disability benefits upon a workers’ comp claimant’s 65th birthday or 500 weeks after the date of injury, whichever is longer. Under current Alabama law, employers are required to pay injured workers 66 2/3% of their average weekly wages for permanent total disability - sub...