Proyectos de ley › 89.ª Asamblea General
Relating to the rights of employees infected with COVID-19 under the state workers’ compensation program
Dónde está ahora
- Hecho: Presentado25 de enero de 2021
- Hecho: Subcomité26 de enero de 2021
- 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 2022 terminó el 24 de mayo de 2022, 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 If an employee catches COVID-19 while working, the law will assume the infection happened because of their job. Employers would have to pay these workers at least two weeks of compensation to help them recover and prevent spreading the virus. This extra pay does not replace any other workers' compensation benefits the employee might be entitled to. (Todavía no está traducido al español.)1
Lea la explicación oficial (en inglés)
Under current law, Code chapter 686D, the COVID-19 response and back-to-business limited liability Act, shall not be construed to affect the rights or limits under workers’ compensation. This bill provides that a rebuttable presumption exists that an employee’s COVID-19 infection is a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment for purposes of workers’ compensation. The bill requires that an employer pay an employee with a COVID-19 infection that is a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment a minimum of two weeks of weekly compensation benefits to allow for a period of recovery and to minimize infections of other employees. Such benefits shall not be construed to limit any other workers’ compensation available to an injured employee.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 26, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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