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Abstract
The report of the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws, submitted in July 1972, concluded that workmen’s compensation laws are inadequate and inequitable. However, the program should be retained if the most grievous faults are remedied. Eighty-four recommendations for a modern program were made.
The commission felt the federal government could help reform workmen’s compensation. A presidential commission to encourage and assist the states was urged. Congress was asked to review in 1975 the states’ compliance with 19 essential recommendations and guarantee their adoption if necessary. (Three commissioners urged immediate federal action.)
The report was generally endorsed by interest groups. Pending and enacted federal legislation used the report as a guide.
States made numerous changes in their laws this year. Nonetheless, the reform pace would not meet the commission’s 1975 timetable. The test of the report is what happens in the next few years.