NY to consider removing ‘labor market attachment’ in disability claims

New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate the need to prove one’s attachment to the labor market in workers compensation permanent partial disability claims.

A.B. 191, prefiled and slated for consideration Jan. 8, states that if an injured worker does not meet maximum medical improvement and qualifies for disability, “such injured employee’s wage earning capacity after the accident in the same or other employment, and compensation  under this subdivision shall be payable without the necessity for the injured employee to demonstrate labor market attachment.”