Seyfarth Synopsis: New legislation effective 2017 will expand California workers’ compensation coverage by requiring coverage for certain high-level individuals unless they affirmatively opt out and waive coverage, thereby...more
In 2014 Oklahoma enacted a radical change to its workers’ compensation statute, and on September 13, 2016, the Oklahoma Supreme Court held that it violates the state constitution. The case is Dillard’s, Inc. v. Vasquez, 2016...more
ProPublica and NPR recently published a comprehensive investigation into the rise of so called “opt-out” workers’ compensation plans in Texas and Oklahoma. Opt-out plans allow employers to provide state mandated benefits to...more