Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features more legislative news, this time coming out of Missouri, where the senate has approved Senate Bill 8. The bill aims to “protect Missouri employees from personal lawsuits caused by honest accidents while at work”, only holding co-employees responsible if they purposefully, or dangerously caused harm to another employee.
Another significant feature of the bill is the specification that occupational diseases are covered under workers’ compensation laws, unless employees are intentionally put at risk.
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