Workers' compensation: state enactments in 1991.

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: January 1, 1992| Author: Berreth, Charles A. | Copyright information

Charles A. Berreth is a labor economist in the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.

Legislative sessions were held in all States in 1991, with the exception of Kentucky. Substantial changes were made in the workers' compensation laws of Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, and North Dakota.

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