The Governor has signed LD 756, an amended version of the workers’ compensation omnibus bill.   We will be discussing these changes in detail during our upcoming Legislative Lunch and Learn sessions, but the following is a summary of the changes: It adds an entitlement to a cost of living adjustment to weekly compensation benefits, to be made only after receipt of 260 weeks of benefits; It increases the maximum benefit level from 100% of the state average weekly wage to 125% of the state average weekly wage; It provides for an exception to the requirement that the first payment must be made by an employer within 14 days after notice of the injury or death if the payment cannot be made “due to a factual mistake, an act of God or unavoidable circumstances”; It increases the durational cap on partial incapacity benefits from the current 520 weeks (or 10 years) to 624 weeks (or 12 years); these benefits may still be extended in cases of extreme financial hardship but under the new provision, any order extending benefits beyond the 624…