Beyond first responders and healthcare workers, essential workers including grocery store workers are now covered by workers’ comp.
Beyond first responders and healthcare workers, essential workers including grocery store workers are now covered by workers’ comp.
Many states expanded workers’ comp for COVID-19, but California casts a wider net.
With frontline workers at risk, states are expanding coverage to healthcare workers, first responders, and other frontline workers.
In 2003, gig workers made up less than 5% of the workforce. Today, estimates vary between 8% and 40%, raising questions for comp.