Workers’ Comp for Undocumented Workers: A National Perspective
Gary L. Wickert, a Wisconsin based insurance defense lawyer, surveys the national landscape and evaluates when, and whether, undocumented workers should be entitled to state workers’ compensation benefits. The article, ¿Dónde Están Mis Beneficios? Workers’ Compensation Claims By Undocumented Employees, first appeared on Wickert’s blog, and has been reprinted on the WCI360 website.
Following an election cycle in which illegal immigration became a touchstone issue, it seems only appropriate that claims handlers and subrogation professionals have a clear understanding of the many nuances involving workers’ compensation claims made by undocumented employees. Indeed, with more than 11 million such immigrants living and working in the country according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, such an understanding is probably indispensable. When an injured employee initiates a workers’ compensation claim with the words, “No tengo documentos”, claims professionals are exposed to a Pandora’s Box of legal issues and concerns.
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