Opt-out Critics and Supporters Both Say 'Grand Bargain' is Obsolete

Editor's note: This is the third in a four-part series of articles in WorkCompCentral's Word on the Industry Report released during Saturday's Comp Laude Gala in Burbank. In Tennessee, and maybe in South Carolina too, lawmakers and lobbyists want to allow employers to opt out of workers’ comp. Texas has long allowed that option. Oklahoma joined its neighbor and passed a law allowing employers to offer alternative benefit plans instead of workers’ comp in 2013. This burgeoning movement was the subject of a recent investigation by National Public Radio and ProPublica, w...