LETTER TO HOUSE LEADERS: The organizations listed below represent many Missouri employers.  On behalf of these employers, we respectfully request that HCS SS#2 SCS Senate Bill 1 be returned to the committee of origin for further amendment. Because of the haste with which the House Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety acted upon this House Committee Substitute, there was no opportunity to offer constructive amendments that could have resulted in a workable b

The Missouri Senate last night gave first round approval to Senate Bill 1, a bill that addresses the Missouri Second Injury Fund.  The bill contains important reforms for the Second Injury Fund that have long been a priority of Associated Industries of Missouri. The bill would ensure coverage for “occupational diseases” under WC, but establishes special enhanced benefits for 10 diseases at around $156,000.  The bill then socializes the cost by paying the claims from Missouri’

February 6 – AIM President/CEO Ray McCarty and our team of lobbyists has been busy working on several key issues for employers this week. Topping the list is Senate Bill 1, a bill that would reform the Second Injury Fund (SIF) and ensure occupational diseases are covered under the workers’ compensation law.  Senator Scott Rupp filed the bill, representing a broad package of reforms and modest funding increases that have been endorsed by AIM and every other significant employe

April 11 – The Missouri House today passed an AIM-supported bill to the Senate that will address two important issues in worker’s compensation and implement reforms for the Second Injury Fund.  CLICK HERE FOR THE RECORDED VOTE (Note: Page 1 is the vote on the “emergency clause” and Page 2 is the vote on the passage of the bill). The bill, HB 1403, sponsored by Representative Dave Schatz, would prevent co-workers from suing each other in workplace accidents and continue to pro