Proyectos de ley › 90.ª Asamblea General
Relating to workers’ compensation benefits involving violations of occupational safety and health or child labor laws, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions
Dónde está ahora
- Hecho: Presentado24 de enero de 2024
- Hecho: Subcomité30 de enero de 2024
- 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 2024 terminó el 19 de abril de 2024, 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 a worker is injured while their employer is breaking safety rules or using underage workers, the amount of workers' compensation benefits they receive will double. Employers who break these rules must also pay a $5,000 fine. This change applies to any new injuries that happen after the law starts. (Todavía no está traducido al español.)1
Lea la explicación oficial (en inglés)
This bill provides that when an injury for which workers’ compensation benefits would be payable occurs in the course of employment in which the employer is found to be in violation of Code chapter (occupational safety and health), or the employee is found to have performed work for which the employee was not of permitted age under Code chapter (child labor), the workers’ compensation commissioner shall increase the amount of benefits awarded by 100 percent. The employer shall also be subject to a civil penalty of $5,000, to be collected by the workers’ compensation commissioner and deposited in the second injury fund. The bill applies to injuries occurring on or after the effective date of the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 30, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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