Benesch Of Counsel Margarita Krncevic was quoted in Business Insurance in the article “No comp for undocumented workers risks unintended consequences: Legal experts.” The article examines proposed state legislation that would limit workers’ compensation benefits based on immigration status and explores the legal and practical challenges such measures create for employers and insurers.
Krncevic noted that efforts to exclude undocumented workers have repeatedly stalled due to the complexity of immigration status, explaining that workers may be authorized through various visas or pending asylum claims and that employers often cannot reliably identify fraudulent documents.
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