Lawmakers continue to grapple with who is eligible for workers’ compensation and in what situations after essential and frontline workers were at the forefront throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Each state has been unique in its response, with some states providing presumptions for certain occupations, such as first responders, and some with none at all.
This guide aims to give a glimpse of the current presumption bill trends in statehouses nationwide and to address the current state of workers’ compensation in the aftermath of the most grueling part of the pandemic.
