Legislator says Ariz. Industrial Commission swollen and clunky

bloateditunes8By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Capitol Times

Rep. Warren Petersen wants to downsize the Industrial Commission of Arizona, saying it has gotten too big in the decades since it expanded past its original mission of overseeing the state’s workers’ compensation system.

The commission was created in 1925 to deal with workers’ compensation, but since 1969 has taken on a number of additional duties, including enforcing federal workplace safety laws, minimum wage increases and youth labor laws, among other things. Petersen, R-Gilbert, wants the commission to get back to basics and is planning legislation to make that happen.

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