
Business Priorities Still Alive – Two Weeks Remain in 2012 Legislative Session
With two weeks remaining in the 2012 Legislative Session, important business priorities remain unresolved. Two bills that would address issues with worker’s compensation (preventing employees from suing each other in workplace accident situations, and continuing to provide coverage for occupational diseases within the worker’s compensation system) are pending in the Missouri Senate. HB 1403 addresses both of these issues while HB 1540 would only fix the co-employee lawsuit i