Proyectos de ley › 88.ª Asamblea General
Relating to employee intoxication under the workers’ compensation program
Temas:InsuranceJobs & workers
Dónde está ahora
- Hecho: Presentado6 de febrero de 2020
- Hecho: Subcomité11 de febrero de 2020
- Se detuvo: Comité del SenadoMurió al terminar la Asamblea General
- Sigue: Lo aprueba el Senado
- Sigue: Comité de la Cámara
- Sigue: Lo aprueba la Cámara
- Sigue: A gobernador(a)
- Sigue: Firmado como ley
Murió al terminar la sesión La sesión de 2020 terminó el 14 de junio de 2020, la última sesión ordinaria de la Asamblea General. Los proyectos que no pasaron por ambas cámaras murieron. ¿Qué es el embudo (funnel)?
Qué contiene
Resumen con IA Currently, if an employer shows a worker tested positive for alcohol or drugs after an injury, the law automatically assumes the worker was intoxicated and that the substances caused the accident. This new law removes those automatic assumptions. Instead of assuming the worker was intoxicated, the employer would have to prove it was a major factor in the injury. (Todavía no está traducido al español.)1
Lea la explicación oficial (en inglés)
Under current law, workers’ compensation is not allowed for injury caused by an employee’s intoxication, which did not arise out of and in the course of employment but which was due to the effects of alcohol or certain substances, if the intoxication was a substantial factor in causing the injury. If the employer shows that, at the time of the injury or immediately following the injury, the employee had positive test results reflecting the presence of alcohol, or certain other substances, it is presumed under current law that the employee was intoxicated at the time of the injury and that intoxication was a substantial factor in causing the injury. The employee then has the burden to disprove either presumption. This bill strikes both presumptions.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 11, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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