Mark Formby, Chairman of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson during its October 12, 2021 meeting. Formby informed club members and guest about the changes he has made to make the commission more efficient since being appointed to the commission and named chairman in 2017. Formby served twenty-four years in the Mississippi House of Representatives as a member of the Committees on Insurance, Energy, Public Utilities, Marine Resources, Oil and Gas, Education, Rules, Revenue and Expenditure, Ways and Means, and Interstate Cooperation. Formby has served as Chairman of the Insurance Committee, the Rules Committee, and the Revenue and Expenditure Committee. The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission is an agency that enforces workers’ compensation laws. The MS Workers’ Compensation Commission can award benefits to employees even when an employer denied their claim. Workers' compensation is essentially a no-fault insurance plan mandated by State law, supervised by the Workers' Compensation Commission and paid for entirely by employers. The Workers' Compensation Law was enacted by the Legislature in 1948 to guarantee the payment of certain medical and wage loss benefits to persons injured on their job. Shown in photo below are from left, Club President Uriel Pineda, Chairman Formby and club member Virginia Carlton. Here is the link to the meeting's video https://vimeo.com/632101846.
