Busting myths about workers compensation
The bloggers over at Tort DeForm, The Civil Justice Defense Blog, are tackling workers’ comp in their Mythbusters series.
They argue that workers’ compensation laws are inherently ineffective and overly bureaucratic. The rising costs of workers’ compensation benefits are negatively affecting employers while an adversarial system is penalizing employees, placing most of the burden of proof on them for the claim.
The full thrust of the article is that neither employees or their employers are benefiting or being protected by the workers’ compensation system.
The blog also weighs in on workers’ comp fraud, specifically “the fraud of worker fraud.”
According to Tort DeForm,
“In the early 1990’s, insurers and businesses began a misleading media campaign focusing on employee fraud, even though only a tiny percentage of workers – one to two percent – engaged in it. Despite its lack of substance, the campaign caused rights and benefits to be cut in many states, and created an unfair stigma for injured workers.”
Glad to know that other bloggers out there are talking about this deception.
For more on Tort DeForm’s take on WC, visit the blog.