An employee's status as an undocumented alien is irrelevant to the worker's entitlement to basic workers' compensation benefits, held the Supreme Court of Nevada. Reiterating a rule earlier laid down in Tarango v. State Indus. Ins. Sys. ,... Read More
A decision by the New York Workers' Compensation Board disqualifying an undocumented worker from additional benefits on its determination that the worker had failed to establish a connection to the labor market was error, held a state appellate court... Read More
Evidence supported the Board’s finding that an employee was a displaced worker where, following surgery on her left wrist, the worker had been released to light-duty, one-handed work but, because of limited education, inability to speak English... Read More