Legislature tackles reform of workers’ comp

As the Colorado House and Senate work their way into the second half of the 60th General Assembly, workers’ compensation reform is working its way through both legislative branches.

More than 10 bills addressing the system that regulates payments to employees injured on the job have already been introduced — most of them in the House, where they can generate momentum and support before entering the less friendly Senate chamber.

Much of the proposed legislation is intended to close perceived loopholes in the 1991 rewrite of the workers’ comp system, Senate Bill 218, authored by Sen. Tom Norton, R-Greeley.

Norton is sponsoring three…