The and have both passed aof a workers鈥� compensation reform bill.
The measure would bar employees from suing each other over workplace injuries and illnesses, but it leaves occupational disease claims within the court system and does not address the state鈥檚 ailing Second Injury Fund. (R, Sullivan) sponsored that addresses the fund and would move occupational disease claims to the workers鈥� comp system. He hopes it will pass, too.
鈥淲e can鈥檛 continue to let these things go unchecked, because they鈥檙e a ticking time bomb that at some point are gonna come up and blow up in our face if we don鈥檛 address them," Schatz said. "The Second Injury Fund is out there, and it鈥檚 not gonna go away until we come up with a fix.鈥�
Schatz's version of the bill is still alive in the Missouri Senate. The scaled-back workers鈥� comp bill is now on its way to(D). He recently told reporters that he agrees with lawmakers that co-workers should not be allowed to sue each other over workplace injuries and illnesses.
