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The Missouri Bar
P.O. Box 119
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573/635-4128
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Review of the New
Workers' Compensation Law
by Carl Mueller
Administrative Law Judge Carl Mueller has prepared a
20-page review of the new
workers' compensation law. He has included the following improvements to
the version that was published in the May, 2005 newsletter:
- A more in-depth discussion of the changes affecting truck drivers and trucking
companies (287.040, 287.041 & 287.043), personal leave and TTD (287.140.14), the
temporary award penalty section (287.510), the SIF Surcharge Cap (287.715), and
additional case references discussing the new law's impact on them, to name a
few;
- Two new items: one discussing effective dates, and the other addressing what
provisions might be substantive versus procedural and the impact of both
interpretations;
- An expanded topic index; and,
- A separate case index.
Lawmakers recently acknowledged that §287.110.1 of the
law was enacted with a drafting error. Judge Mueller has updated his
review to address the impact of this error (see item 6 at page 6) and other
recent developments including why employers already
can require employees to use paid-leave benefits to cover
time away from work for follow-up medical care (see item 14 at page 10).
Click here for the review. You will need
Acrobat Reader
in order to view and print the document.
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