For millions of injured workers, workers’ compensation insurance means a broken bone or sprained muscle doesn’t result in bankruptcy.
But a coalition of nearly two dozen corporations is fighting to overturn workers’ comp laws throughout the nation.
As Mother Jones reports:
Workers’ compensation laws help protects workers and business owners by obligating the employer to pay an injured employee’s medical bills, while protecting the company against lawsuits.
Only two states, Texas and Oklahoma, let employers opt out of workers’ comp.
But big-money lobbyists at ARAWC are pushing to add more to the list, including Tennessee, where friendly legislators have already introduced an ARAWC-supported bill.
According to Mother Jones:
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