Another issue that seldom comes up is that if you deny workers’ comp to undocumented aliens, then you will lower the cost for employers thus giving them a financial incentive to hire the aliens instead of citizens and permanent residents.
I’m glad to see the bill stalled. I don’t like the illegal immigration problem we have but I don’t think it’s right that someone can employ an illegal, then deny the illegal W.C benefits if injured because they are here illegally.
A few administrative rules could be put in place to ensure that an illegal does not leave and continues to receive benefits. Mandatory attendance of an IME in state…without transportation paid for by the carrier for starters. Failure to comply results in claim closed with no ppd and no reopening option.
Why the concern, if the employer is hiring these guys they should be punished as well. Stop the nonsense, excuses, excuses, excuses for breaking the law. illegal is illegal both on the employers side and the employee and they both should be punished.
While it’s wrong to employ illegal aliens, does it make it right to deny them coverage if they get hurt on the job?
I’ll give you a hypothetical situation. A roofing contractor, either not knowing or caring that the person he has just hired is in the country illegally. This worker go up on roofs to make repairs, and at some point in time comes tumbling down breaking 1 or more bones. Is it fair to COMPLETELY deny this worker coverage when he goes to the hospital to be treated, thus putting the hospital in a bind when it comes to billing? Frequently, if that is the case it goes back to Medicare and we as tax-payers get to shoulder the burden. Alternately it falls on the employer to cover the medical bills, and possibly forcing him out of business.
Or would it perhaps be more fair to cover the medical bills at a minimum, and require that any possible future payments be dependant that the claimant remain in the state with a local mailing address?
– No work comp? Then by law, in MT, the employer is liable to Strict Liability, & has NO DEFENSE for a claim.
– Work Comp in place (as required by law)? Then the injured party
American or Illegal has NO other recourse for the injury.
-Attorney’s would be in a line attempting get their teeth into a claim, where an illegal alien is injured.
Illegal is illegal. If you are doing something illegal, than the risk is all yours and no one elses. Why are the employers in this country not held responsible for hiring illegals? If they were then alot of these problems would go away.
At the risk of beating a dead horse, a bipartisan bill during the Reagan administration made it illegal for employers to hire undocumented aliens. But no administration since then has made a point of enforcing that law against employers. Non-enforcement is also bipartisan, with three Republican presidents and two Democrats.
Another issue that seldom comes up is that if you deny workers’ comp to undocumented aliens, then you will lower the cost for employers thus giving them a financial incentive to hire the aliens instead of citizens and permanent residents.
I’m glad to see the bill stalled. I don’t like the illegal immigration problem we have but I don’t think it’s right that someone can employ an illegal, then deny the illegal W.C benefits if injured because they are here illegally.
A few administrative rules could be put in place to ensure that an illegal does not leave and continues to receive benefits. Mandatory attendance of an IME in state…without transportation paid for by the carrier for starters. Failure to comply results in claim closed with no ppd and no reopening option.
Why the concern, if the employer is hiring these guys they should be punished as well. Stop the nonsense, excuses, excuses, excuses for breaking the law. illegal is illegal both on the employers side and the employee and they both should be punished.
Recall the saying..’Two wrongs don’t make a right’. Wrong to hire ILLEGALS. Wrong to pay ILLEGALS Workers Comp.’benefits’.
While it’s wrong to employ illegal aliens, does it make it right to deny them coverage if they get hurt on the job?
I’ll give you a hypothetical situation. A roofing contractor, either not knowing or caring that the person he has just hired is in the country illegally. This worker go up on roofs to make repairs, and at some point in time comes tumbling down breaking 1 or more bones. Is it fair to COMPLETELY deny this worker coverage when he goes to the hospital to be treated, thus putting the hospital in a bind when it comes to billing? Frequently, if that is the case it goes back to Medicare and we as tax-payers get to shoulder the burden. Alternately it falls on the employer to cover the medical bills, and possibly forcing him out of business.
Or would it perhaps be more fair to cover the medical bills at a minimum, and require that any possible future payments be dependant that the claimant remain in the state with a local mailing address?
– No work comp? Then by law, in MT, the employer is liable to Strict Liability, & has NO DEFENSE for a claim.
– Work Comp in place (as required by law)? Then the injured party
American or Illegal has NO other recourse for the injury.
-Attorney’s would be in a line attempting get their teeth into a claim, where an illegal alien is injured.
Illegal is illegal. If you are doing something illegal, than the risk is all yours and no one elses. Why are the employers in this country not held responsible for hiring illegals? If they were then alot of these problems would go away.
At the risk of beating a dead horse, a bipartisan bill during the Reagan administration made it illegal for employers to hire undocumented aliens. But no administration since then has made a point of enforcing that law against employers. Non-enforcement is also bipartisan, with three Republican presidents and two Democrats.