News Category: Undocumented Workers
A Few Facts and Figures About Undocumented Workers
Undocumented workers have an enormous impact on the U.S. economy, as these statistics from the Center for American Progress illustrate: There are an estimated 7.2 million undocumented immigrants (out of some 12 million undocumented immigrants) who work in the United States. That's 4.9 percent of the civilian labor force. Undocumented workers contribute an estimated $7 billion per year to the Social Security Trust Fund through payroll taxes paid on Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers and fraudulent Social Security numbers. The United S ...
Read More | No CommentsCultural differences, deportation fears affect reporting of workers’ compensation cases among Latinos
Found an interesting article on the Hispanic Trending, Latino Marketing & Advertising Blog on the key to understanding the Latino worker to improve communication and productivity at work. Although a diverse group, Latino culture shares a lot of the same values including unquestioning respect and deference to authority figures such as work supervisors, foremen, business owners and they like, and they won’t disagree or question a person in authority. Latinos, generally, trust mostly family, extended family members and other Latinos and ...
Read More | No CommentsConstruction death in Utah highlights safety issues for immigrant workers
A man from El Salvador, who had legal permission to work in the United States, was killed last week after falling to his death on a construction job, according to a report in the Tooele Transcript Bulletin. Francisco Antonio Alaman-Renderoz, 45, fell to his death while putting in a fireplace wall during construction of a private cabin. According to OSHA regulations, construction workers should use a harness, safety line or railing f they're working at heights over six feet. Alaman-Renderoz, who was working 25 to 35 feet off the groun ...
Read More | No CommentsUndocumented worker’s family sues for WC benefits after he was killed on the job.
In Georgia, the family of a Mexican construction worker who was killed on the job are suing for workers' compensation benefits. Evaristo Enrique Chimal Librado, 43, was killed when a house he was helping to build collapsed on him. He was an undocumented worker from Mexico. By Georgia law, a maximum workers’ compensation award would provide Librado's family with the greater of two-thirds of Librado’s salary for 400 weeks, or $125,000, according to an article at MainStreetNews.com. It would also provide a $7,50 ...
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Another Workers’ Comp Myth Debunked: Undocumented workers are entitled to benefits
Workers' compensation for undocumented workers is a hot button issue right now. Stats show that Latino workers are injured on the job at a disproportionate rate. The real tragedy occurs when an undocumented worker is injured. Many employers try to deny these employees workers' compensation benefits, and they're often successful in doing so. According to an article from McClatchy Newspapers: "In one national study, university researchers surveyed 2,660 day laborers, most of them working illegally. One in five said he'd suffered a work ...
Read More | No CommentsRising number of Hispanic workers suffer disabling injuries
An article in the Atlanta Constitution talks about the growing numbers of Hispanic workers suffering disabling injuries. Read http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/02/24/0225metinjury.html
Read More | No CommentsGreater media coverage of undocumented workers exposes high injury rate
The issues regarding Immigration reform has brought media attention to the plight of undocumented workers and their work conditions. As a result, more and more articles are exposing the unfair treatment and work conditions that undocumented workers are subjected to. We have created a new category , "Undocumented workers and Workers' Compensation" and hope to compile more stories and comments about this emerging issue. In the past, we have rarely seen WC claims filed by hispanic workers. The number one reason preventing th ...
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