Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands worker's compensation benefits.

Highlights:

• Defines the liability of an employer to pay for damages received by employees while working or in the course of employment (Sec. 1).  

• Establishes a schedule for compensation payments to affected employees (Sec.1). 

• Establishes an organized procedure for the determination of liability and the compensation owed thereunder (Sec.1). 

• Requires that individuals who receive compensation must be paid via direct deposit (Sec.1). 

• Requires that employers notify employees that compensation for damages received over the course of employment shall be received by direct deposit (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes individuals to choose which account the direct deposit shall go to (Sec. 1) 

• Authorizes the splitting of compensation between multiple accounts (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that lump sum payments as determined by compromise and release agreements are not subject to the same requirements and may be paid via a check (Sec. 1). 

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