by Mike Lear | May 17, 2013 | Business, News
The state legislature has passed a bill meant to cover two issues regarding workers hurt in the workplace. The bill seeks to right the state’s Second Injury Fund, from which settlements are paid out to workers who have a disability and then sustain a...
by Mike Lear | May 3, 2013 | Business, News
The state House has passed its version of workers compensation reform and a Second Injury Fund fix, setting the stage for a conference with the Senate. Both versions of the bill would have claims made by workers who incurred a disease because of their job fall under...
by Mike Lear | Feb 18, 2013 | Business, News
The Attorney General is asking the legislature for a source of funding to fall back on if a fix to the Second Injury Fund doesn’t become law this years. Attorney General Chris Koster says a court ruling could come at any time against the Second Injury Fund that...
by Mike Lear | Jan 25, 2013 | Business, News
A plan has been introduced in the state House to take care of the problems with the Missouri Second Injury Fund. The bill filed by Representative Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) would raise the cap on the surcharge on workers’ compensation insurance paid by...
by Mike Lear | Jan 18, 2013 | Business, News
Momentum is growing in the state House for the elimination of Missouri’s Second Injury Fund. The Fund was created in 1943 to encourage employers to hire World War II veterans who were injured but could still work. It would later pay compensation in cases of...
