Support, Opposition Building on NC Presumption Bill

North Carolina is set to become one of the latest states to provide a sweeping workers' compensation presumption for all essential employees who may be sickened by COVID-19, but business groups are marshaling their opposition to the bill. House Bill 1057, introduced last week, already has more than 60 co-sponsors, almost enough to pass the state House of Representatives, according to local news reports. It would declare that any first responder, health care worker, prison guard or “an employee required to work during a pandemic” for an essential business would be elig...