Reform of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act

This blog is intended as a discussion forum for changes to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, its extensions and the regulations issued thereunder.

It would be foolish to suggest that proposals could all be "non-contentious", but many of the changes which can be usefully proposed are less "reforms" than just tidying up.  The use of words meaning different things throughout the Act ought to be weeded out.  "Compensation" and "Award" spring to mind as words that have given rise to needless litigation.  In the grand scheme of seeking to reform or amend benefits and presumptions the smaller details get left behind.  The purpose of this blog is to deal with both great and small, so we have a statute which works.