Committee Chairman Says Bills Remove Worker Protections

A lawmaker with the power to kill workers’ compensation bills by not calling the measures for a hearing said in an editorial that proposals to expand settlement options and allow some employers to schedule medical and vocational exams would “peel back” protections for injured workers.Rep. Mike Sells, D-Tacoma, co-authored with Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, an editorial published Monday by the Seattle Times saying measures passed by the Senate last month “follow a sadly familiar pattern of diminishing respect and support for the middle class.”Sells is the chairman ...