Compromise Would Boost Ariz. Workers’ Injury Benefits

A business-labor compromise that emerged at the Arizona Legislature would increase Arizona’s caps on workers’ compensation benefits received by employees hurt on the job. Under a freshly rewritten workers’ compensation bill given preliminary Senate approval on voice vote last Thursday, the current $2,400 monthly cap on how much of an injured worker’s pay can be used to calculate benefits would rise to $3,000 in 2008 and $3,600 in 2009.