Overall, 17 states and Puerto Rico have extended workers' compensation coverage to include COVID as a work-related illness, the National Conference of State Legislators reported. (Credit: ETAJOE/Shutterstock.com)
Enactment of laws and executive orders that establish presumptions for workers' comp coverage for certain occupations at risk of contracting COVID-19 would impact around 15% of all people covered by workers' compensation systems in Washington state and Kentucky, according to estimates from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).
For Alaska, Arkansas and Indiana, COVID presumptions would impact around 10% or more of employees covered by the states' workers' comp systems, while less than 2% of Missouri's total workforce would see changes, according to WCRI.
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