AFL-CIO Official Says Time For Mandatory Comp In Texas

According to a top official at theTexas AFL-CIO, the 2005 workers' compensation reforms clear the way for mandatory workers' compensation in Texas.

A leader of the Texas AFL-CIO has indicated that his organization will support mandatory workers' compensation when the Legislature convenes in January of 2007. According to Rick Levy, legal director for the Texas AFL-CIO, the reforms approved in 2005 clear the way for mandatory workers' compensation in Texas. His suggestion was part of comments made during the Insurance Council of Texas' Workers' Compensation Conference.

Levy's comments were consistent with similar remarks he made a week earlier while participating in a workers' compensation panel before a conference hosted by the Texas Association of Business. Representative Burt Solomons, a participant on the panel and a leader of the workers' compensation reforms passed during the 2005 session, did not comment on Levy's remarks.