The Western New York business community is mobilizing support for workers' compensation reform, specifically the governor's proposal to cap permanent partial disability benefits.
A coalition of local industry, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and other business organizations will be lobbying state leaders, particularly the Assembly, during the remaining months of the session to pass Gov. Pataki's legislation.
The effort was announced during a press conference today at the Partnership offices in Buffalo.
New York state is unique in the nation in making lifetime payments to workers injured on the job, said Elliott Shaw, director of government affairs for the Business Council of New York. Others limit payments to 10 years, he said.
John Hoskins Jr. of Buffalo's Curtis Screw Co. LLC said workers' comp costs are the number one concern for the manufacturer. The company pays $1 million a year - or $2 per hour per person - in workers' comp costs in New York state but only $150,000 in North Carolina where it also has a plant.
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People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.
Long overdue. No way this can be seen as anything but a positive.Originally Posted by steven
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