Asbestos still a threat for many construction workers
The race to the bottom
If you are a worker, beware politicians who argue that workers' compensation programs must be "reformed." What they really meant to say, is that workers' compensation programs must be cut. And those cuts will never benefit the workers who are injured.
Is workers' compensation still a grand bargain?
Workers' compensation has been called a grand bargain, because it removed many workplace injury cases from the personal injury dockets and placed them within a regulated insurance system that would quickly provide the needed benefits for injured workers to recover from workplace accidents.