Every employee, regardless of legal status to work in the U.S., are covered under the employer’s workers’ comp plan and receives the same care and benefits as any other worker. This scenario makes clear the importance of diligence when your client check an employee’s legal status.
If an employer is thought to have willfully hired and retained workers who are illegally in the U.S., they are fined. But from the injured worker point of view, a claim is still submitted and processed as usual.
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