Bills Increase Fines For Employers, Allow Agency to Chase Workers if Lien Unanswered

Seven bills introduced in North Dakota's legislature this session would impact its workers' compensation system, the state's Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) agency, which administers the comp program, reports. WSI released a guide to the bills on Tuesday. The document breaks down the intended purpose of each bill and indicates whether the agency's board supports it.  Two House bills allocate funds for WSI's biennial budget — one, proposed by the governor, appropriates $72.6 million for WSI; the other, introduced by the appropriations committee, approp...