Bill would require NY comp court to provide hearings info in native language

New York lawmakers are considering changes to existing law that would require the state to provide a written record of claims-related hearings in a worker’s native language.

S.B. 3951, introduced Thursday and sent to the Labor Committee, states that the Workers’ Compensation Board keeps an accurate stenographic record of all hearings held and provide the minutes, at no cost, to the injured worker and their representative in the native language of the injured worker. “

The bill states that “all decisions shall be issued to the injured worker in their native language.”