Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Workers Comp Insider on Immigrants and World Trade Center Victims

Julie Ferguson at Workers Comp Insider reviews an LA Times article that discusses illegal workers and the cost of doing business in California. -- that is, unscrupulous employers who hire immigrants and don't pay workers comp.

And while you're over there, check out her report on the continued suffering of workers involved in the World Trade Center cleanup, many of whom have no financial or medical protection, some dying in poverty with inadequate medical care. And the situation only promises to get worse.