| Kiwi Contractors find pay not worth the risk Iraq Contractors Raw Data from CENTCOM When you sign on to go to Iraq or Afghanistan as a government contract employee your employer is required by law to purchase DBA Workman's Compensation Insurance coverage for you. You will have no choice but to use this insurance if you are injured. You are entitled to private medical evacuation though you may not get it. Your medical care may be covered. You may receive partial compensation for your lost income up to $1,047.16 per week. Your family may be compensated in the event that you are killed. There will be a myriad of expenses you and your family will incur that will not be covered. If you suffer from PTSD you may have to take legal action before they will pay for treatment. If you die due to PTSD before being diagnosed your family will receive nothing. This insurance relieves the company you work for of ALL liability for your death, injury, disease, or capture and from litigation by you or your dependents. There are no OSHA standards to abide by, no Standard Operating or Safety Procedures that need to be followed. There is no compensation for pain and suffering due to negligence on anyone's part. You have signed away many of what you might normally consider to be your rights. You may be left with permanent disabilities and a much lower earning capacity than before you went. Your family may be left in a much worse financial position than you think you are in now. The insurance company may be reimbursed for all or part of the claim under the War Hazards Act. One of the requirements for reimbursement is that they do their best to prove that you are not entitled to coverage. We hope that the links on our site will help you and your family make an informed decision. If you've already committed we hope this site will help you navigate the DBA benefits and pitfalls so that you will be prepared in the event you must utilize them. If you're already injured, or have lost a spouse we are here to help you through. Marcie Hascall Clark 321 779 6799 [email protected] |
Defense Base Act
Workman's Compensation
A Guide for the employee
Before you risk life and limb working for a contractor in Iraq or Afghanistan
you'll want to know how much, or more importantly just how little, your life or limb
are worth under the Defense Base Act Insurance your employer must purchase.
Workman's Compensation
A Guide for the employee
Before you risk life and limb working for a contractor in Iraq or Afghanistan
you'll want to know how much, or more importantly just how little, your life or limb
are worth under the Defense Base Act Insurance your employer must purchase.
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| The Dark Side of the War Hazards Act Department of Labor Defense Base Act |
| By Jacob Shisha The dark side of having the cases reimbursed under the War Hazards Act, is that once a determination is made that the claim will fall under the WHA the claim is transferred over to a government bureaucracy, and is no longer handled by the OWCP. This is a tremendous problem with regards to non-death claims. It is very difficult for an injured worker to deal with this large bureaucracy, if compensation payments are late or terminated, or necessary medical treatment is not being authorized, there is very little that can be done. There is no Department of Labor claims examiner to assist him, and it is doubtful that any attorney would take the case, because there is no mechanism for the attorneys to be paid for their time and effort. |
| U.S. troops outnumbered in Iraq — by contractors by T. Christian Miller LA Times More than 180,000 civilians — including Americans, foreigners and Iraqis — are working in Iraq under U.S. contracts, according to State and Defense department figures obtained by the Los Angeles Times In outsourced US wars, contractor deaths top 1,000 More than 13,000 wounded read more After Iraq, Contractors Face Mental Health Issues Contractors who have worked in Iraq are returning home with the same kinds of combat-related mental health problems Iraq Contractors Face Growing Parallel War As Security Work Increases, So Do Casualties War, Red Tape Haunt Civilian Workers An analysis finds a pattern of blocked claims for psychological injuries sustained by contract employees in Iraq and Afghanistan. Overseas Contractors Seek Support Back Home GO JANA !! Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 million in attempt to Suppress their stories Where is Your Outrage? Blackwater Mom's Outsourced war lawsuit moved out of court “This means that the shadow army (of contractors) will slip even further into the shadows.” Deniable, Disposable, Casualties Thousands of civilian contractors serve and die alongside U.S. forces, with little accountability for the companies that employ them. Outsourcing the War Pull the Plug on the Mercenary War by Jeremy Scahill |