This is all too prevalent! They want a construction crew but they don’t want to pay for MANDATORY WORKER’S COMPENSATION
Protection. If you can’t afford the comp.,
you need to find another line of work.
Disgusting! My sympathies to the loved ones of the workers killed on the job.
The problem would be best addressed if those pursuing it would themselves try to buy it ( Worker’s Comp )as if they were a contractor trying to buy it. As soon as they realized what was actually happening, reform would occur.
The current system is exclusionary and penalizes unjustly the new and/or small contractor. The solution to the problem is to have worker’s comp be assessed against the permit fee and charged for at the time the permit is obtained. In this way everyone would be covered and the real cost of the worker’s comp would be assessed accurately against the cost of construction and the buyers of construction products ( homebuyers, building owners ) would be included in the cost calculation. The side benefit would be that work would need to be permitted and the public would not be able to support the huge unerground construction economy that currently exists.
Until this happens, there is no opportunity to bring into the calculation all of the participants in the process and the cost/benefit will be askew.
For those that don’t see this, Do you really want to pay $150 a sq. ft. for a new house ( plus land ) ? That’s about what it would cost if everyone in the construction industry were properly covered under the current cost system.
that is what happens whev the lowest bid is the only factor looked at. the contrasct should call for WC coverage and the employer be willing to pay a contract that includes WC.
If employers don’t cover the cost, then the worker or the state (in the form of uninsured employer funds) does. WC was supposed to help achieve a safe workplace, but it is doing a poor job.
My husband lost his job because the person who hired him couldn’t afford WC and said he would have to pay for it himself if he wanted to continue working.
In NY where we are from it is mandatory for you to have WC once you start a business.
In TN they are just passing laws making it mandatory even for the little joesmoe companies to have WC.
Upon my finding and reviewing the subject matter in this present article about an injured workers plight in Florida it serves to inform me that many more of these same types of work injury cases are clearly taking place in each and every corner across America. My question is; How can all these aberrant employers habitually continue to fail to provide their workforces with required workers compensation coverage and yet continue to not only get away but to also continue to operate their businesses in America by simply changing their names and/or moving their businesses to another state?
The simple answer has to be they only constitute a small portion of a much larger force of total corruption which this type-of-state-law serves to protect and to condone.
Failing to provide state-mandated work injury insurance to workers is a crime in America! Where are their arrest records! Where is their list of these employers who disparage Amercia’s workers and then disgorge themselves of responsibility?
For the most part, they will all be small and medium-sized business owners attempting to raise their bottom line at the expense of others. And they will have attorneys advising them how to operate and to survive litigation and to prosper by committing repeated deceit and fraud.
I have read all of this replys and have come to the conclusion that florida has a bigger problem. they require contractors as myself to carrier wc on all employees. I also have to carrier a com. liabilty insurance policy that provides medical insurance for all of my employees. Which brings up the prices i have to charge, which to make sure i cover wc, i have to charge accordingly, but then i open my company up to price gouging under florida laws. So either way you go as a contractor you open yourself up for a fine or jail time. Seems Florida law makers and law agencies just want to make sure they have a way to get even more money from you. Since the storm every county, city or state agency has upped the fees for every little thing. Just seems there ought to be a agency that can regulate them for price gouging.
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This is all too prevalent! They want a construction crew but they don’t want to pay for MANDATORY WORKER’S COMPENSATION
Protection. If you can’t afford the comp.,
you need to find another line of work.
Disgusting! My sympathies to the loved ones of the workers killed on the job.
The problem would be best addressed if those pursuing it would themselves try to buy it ( Worker’s Comp )as if they were a contractor trying to buy it. As soon as they realized what was actually happening, reform would occur.
The current system is exclusionary and penalizes unjustly the new and/or small contractor. The solution to the problem is to have worker’s comp be assessed against the permit fee and charged for at the time the permit is obtained. In this way everyone would be covered and the real cost of the worker’s comp would be assessed accurately against the cost of construction and the buyers of construction products ( homebuyers, building owners ) would be included in the cost calculation. The side benefit would be that work would need to be permitted and the public would not be able to support the huge unerground construction economy that currently exists.
Until this happens, there is no opportunity to bring into the calculation all of the participants in the process and the cost/benefit will be askew.
For those that don’t see this, Do you really want to pay $150 a sq. ft. for a new house ( plus land ) ? That’s about what it would cost if everyone in the construction industry were properly covered under the current cost system.
that is what happens whev the lowest bid is the only factor looked at. the contrasct should call for WC coverage and the employer be willing to pay a contract that includes WC.
If employers don’t cover the cost, then the worker or the state (in the form of uninsured employer funds) does. WC was supposed to help achieve a safe workplace, but it is doing a poor job.
Sorry, state of affairs but easiest solution, as it is mandatory cover, would be to have the State of Florida act as the Insure.
TO: Ian
You obviously are not in California. You do not want the state involved.
However, placing employers in jail is a good idea.
My husband lost his job because the person who hired him couldn’t afford WC and said he would have to pay for it himself if he wanted to continue working.
In NY where we are from it is mandatory for you to have WC once you start a business.
In TN they are just passing laws making it mandatory even for the little joesmoe companies to have WC.
Upon my finding and reviewing the subject matter in this present article about an injured workers plight in Florida it serves to inform me that many more of these same types of work injury cases are clearly taking place in each and every corner across America. My question is; How can all these aberrant employers habitually continue to fail to provide their workforces with required workers compensation coverage and yet continue to not only get away but to also continue to operate their businesses in America by simply changing their names and/or moving their businesses to another state?
The simple answer has to be they only constitute a small portion of a much larger force of total corruption which this type-of-state-law serves to protect and to condone.
Failing to provide state-mandated work injury insurance to workers is a crime in America! Where are their arrest records! Where is their list of these employers who disparage Amercia’s workers and then disgorge themselves of responsibility?
For the most part, they will all be small and medium-sized business owners attempting to raise their bottom line at the expense of others. And they will have attorneys advising them how to operate and to survive litigation and to prosper by committing repeated deceit and fraud.
I have read all of this replys and have come to the conclusion that florida has a bigger problem. they require contractors as myself to carrier wc on all employees. I also have to carrier a com. liabilty insurance policy that provides medical insurance for all of my employees. Which brings up the prices i have to charge, which to make sure i cover wc, i have to charge accordingly, but then i open my company up to price gouging under florida laws. So either way you go as a contractor you open yourself up for a fine or jail time. Seems Florida law makers and law agencies just want to make sure they have a way to get even more money from you. Since the storm every county, city or state agency has upped the fees for every little thing. Just seems there ought to be a agency that can regulate them for price gouging.
Workers comp is a bogus florida law.