Expecting workers' comp after catching a life-threatening case of COVID-19 on the job? Be prepared to hire a lawyer
Update, Tuesday, Dec. 15: Columnist note: After writing the above article, I learned that Alaska’s SB 241 states that “an employee who contracts the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is conclusively presumed to have contracted an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of employment (if the worker) is employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, peace officer, or health care provider (and) is exposed to COVID-19 in the course of employment” and is diagnosed by a physician by way of either a “presumptive positive COVID-19 test result” or a “l...
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