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This issue of the Bulletin analyzes the fiscal status and solvency of state unemployment insurance systems from 2011 – 2020. -
There were twenty-eight (28) states and territories enacting UI legislation in 2019 while forty-five (45) states and territories adopted new administrative rules. The UI Legislative Research Bulletin provides a trend analysis of these developments and summarizes legislative enactments and significant administrative provisions adopted in 2019. -
This report details significant state workers’ compensation law and rule changes in 2022. While there were 13 states that reported no legislative or administrative activity, there were 38 state legislatures that enacted workers compensation laws and 14 states that reported administrative rule changes in 2022. Medical exams, costs and fee schedules, employer rates, claim appeal and adjudication, employee versus independent contractor relating to the digital economy as well as drug testing and opioid formulary are the primary areas of law and rule activity.
