The Montana Economic Affairs Interim Committee met May 26, 2010, to make some sweeping changes to the state’s workers compensation procedures.

Montana worker compensation rates are amongst the highest in the country. The committee approved a list of new reforms aimed at reducing costs, improving benefits, and making worker’s compensation more efficient.

A rare agreement between representatives of both labor and management advisory councils was necessary for this approval.

Co Vice-Chair for Labor Management Advisory Council representing Management, Bob Worthington says “we’re the most costly, least cost efficient state to do business in for workers compensation it’s very high and that is not conducive to business and not conducive to economic development. Therefore the big challenge is to get control of the costs but at the same time not doing anything detrimental to the injured worker.”

If you have questions about your workers’ compensation benefits, contact the New Jersey workers’ compensation attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529.