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Essential workers with COVID-19 face workers’ compensation uncertainty

from Insurance Journal

Essential workers with COVID-19 face workers’ compensation uncertainty Insurance Journal Lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes, essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job have no guarantee in most states they’ll qualify for workers’ compensation to cover lost wages and medical care. Fewer than one-third of the states have enacted policies that shift the burden of proof for coverage of job-related COVID-19 so workers like first responders and nurses don’t have to show they got sick by reporting for a risky assignment. READ MORE

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