SF 1848 Senate Long Description
E Relating to workers compensation; including vacation and holiday pay in the computation of daily wage; providing for third party liability regardless of the type of benefits or compensation recoverability, granting liable nonemployer third parties a right of contribution against the employer, authorizing employers to avoid contribution exposure by affirmatively waiving the right to recover workers compensation benefits paid; requiring attorneys to file statements of attorney fees, time limit, requiring insurer release of the money to the employee upon failure to file; modifying a certain provision providing for recommencement of temporary total disability compensation after cessation for return to work; providing for lump sum payments of permanent partial disability compensation; providing an additional presumption of retirement from the labor market; modifying the time limit for filing retraining requests; increasing the maximum burial expense benefit; providing for payments to the estate of employees dying due to personal injury in dependency compensation nonentitlement cases; modifying certain special compensation fund payment requirements; requiring employers to give employees the second page of the first report of injury; changing the settlement and contingency reserve account to the cost allocation account, modifying certain payment requirements (ra, ja)