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Can a worker claim workers’ compensation for COVID-19 exposure, illness or quarantine?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The presence of disease and the history of exposure in the occupation or industry defined typically establishes a presumptive (although rebuttable) work-related cause, opening the door to workers’ compensation claims for medical costs, rehabilitation, financial compensation, survivor benefits, and death benefits.

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Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Requiring employers provide financial compensation to workers or their families for work-related injury, illness and death is central to achieving this objective. Competitive state funds face cost pressures for personnel, office space, medical services, and claims expenses reflective of the overall market. are equal).