COVID-19 Presumption for Longshore – taken out of Final American Rescue Plan Act

By |2021-03-23T04:03:31+00:00March 15th, 2021|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: , |

In response to opposition from UWC and an extensive list of employer representatives and workers’ compensation insurance plan representatives, the presumption of coverage and compensability for COVID-19 illness under the Longshore Act was taken out of the final version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The deletion came as the result  of a determination [...]