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| "It is not a matter of right or wrong, it is not a matter of moral or immoral but a matter of manipulation". Feb. 11, 2003 By Anthony M. Streckfuss |
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| Changes in workers' Compensation Laws During 2000 By Glenn Whittington About half of all States changed their workers' compensation laws to some extent, with most of them increasing benefits for both disability and death. Workers' Comp |
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| Workers Comp: Falling Down on the Job When Lisa Wurgler was 27, she earned about $730 a week as a nurse at a hospital in Rugby, N.D. I felt if my parents ever needed help, if they had to go into a nursing home, I would be in a position to take care of them, "she says". Now, six years later, Wurgler says she gets $200 a week from Social Security. Her parents take care of her. In 1990, Jim Stotts, then 46, earned $33,000 a year as foreman of a city utility plant in Lafayette, La. He owned his own home and had $30,000 in retirement savings. Within 18 months, he had lost it all. In 1995, Rick Cornwell, now 37, was excited about his new job as a sales rep and distributor for a janitorial-equipment company, where he'd make $35,000 a year. He and his wife were expecting their third child. They had saved $13,000 toward a house, and they owned a minivan and a car. Two years later, short of cash, they had to give up their apartment, their cars, and all their savings. "We filed for bankruptcy",says Cornwell, of Seattle, Wash. "We lost everything". What caused these people to fall from the security of a regular paycheck to near-destitution? All were injured on the job, and workers compensation -- the program that is supposed to pay for their medical care and some lost income -- failed to help. Consumer Reports |
| Who Wants Worker's Comp? By Constance Parten Employees covered under traditional worker' comp waive their right to sue for on-the-job injuries. Two Amarillo court cases extend the waiver to non-subscriber companies. Could this change the worker' comp system in Texas? Insurers are watching with interest a pair of cases in Amarillo's Seventh Court of Appeals in which the judge determined that employers who don't provide workers' comp coverage can still require employees to waive their right to sue over on-the-job injuries. InjuredWorker.org |
| Courts Issues Invitation to Fire Injured Workers By Rick Levy The labor movement has know for years that in the Texas Supreme Court's view of job-related laws, money talks and workers walk. The same court that upheld the constitutionality of a Texas Workers' Compensation Act that arbitrarily decimates injured workers' benefits has now ruled that employers can avoid the requirements of workers comp altogether by declining the insurance and firing workers who file claims seeking compensation for workplace injuries. InjuredWorker.org |