Cabmridge, MA – With several states passing executive orders or laws that create a presumption of workers’ compensation coverage for certain employees who contract COVID-19, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has conducted a series of studies using publicly available employment data to estimate the number of workers covered in each state.
“These laws and executive orders vary in the scope of workers covered, that is, which industries and/or occupations fall within the laws and executive orders,” said Dr. John Ruser, WCRI president and CEO. “These studies give a sense of the size of employment potentially covered by the laws and orders. They do not estimate the number of workers who contract COVID-19 at work, nor do they measure the number of COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims.”
The reports used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics program.
Currently the Institute has published studies for five states (Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri) and plans to publish studies for the 15 states that have enacted a COVID-19 presumption.
All the studies are complimentary and available on the Institute’s website here: WCRI: COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Presumption Coverage (PDF)
Source: WCRI