Negotiations to craft legislation that deals with a series of defaults by New York employer groups that self-insure for workers' compensation claims are underway at the state capitol in Albany, with a deadline for action approaching rapidly.
Taking part in the talks with lawmakers and representatives from the governor's office, business groups and labor is the New York State Workers' Compensation Board.
The board has so far been stymied in court in its efforts to make solvent self-insured trusts pay emergency assessments to cover claims against those groups that have gone bust. Meanwhile, at the capital, legislators are due to go on a month-long summer recess starting at the end of June.
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