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Workplace Injuries do not Discriminate Between Legals and Illegals

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:41:17 GMT

Workers’ compensation laws were created to compensate an employee for injuries sustained while on the job. One of the most debated issues in the area of worker’s compensation is whether workers who have entered the country illegally should be granted the same work place protections that legal employees have. Some argue that illegal immigrants should NOT be entitled to workers compensation if injured while working because they are not lawful employees

Obesity as a Work-Related Injury Covered by Workers' Compensation

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:29:19 GMT

Nearly two out of three adult Americans are overweight, and more than one out of four are obese. So, it’s no surprise that the issue of whether weight-related injuries are covered by workers’ compensation has been raised.

Should an employer have to pay the costs – an estimated $30,000 – for a worker’s gastric bypass surgery, in which a rubber band is used to shrink the size of the stomach and reduce weight gain? A

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