What Happens When You Don't Carry Workers' Compensation Insurance
The Workers Comp Insider describes the penalty for failing to carry workers' compensation insurance required by law. They have been following the Station Night Club fire which occured a year or so ago in Rhode Island. Seems the owners, perhaps as a cost cutting move, were not carrying workers' comp. insurance as required. They note:
"...the workers comp situation is starkly clear: Judge Bruce Q. Morin has determined that the nightclub's owners, brothers Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, and their company, Derco LLC, are "jointly and individually" liable for the workers' compensation benefits of at least four employees who died in the fire. "
For more, view the post here. For more about the fire and its aftermath, visit the Station Family Fund at www.stationfamilyfund.org - it's dedicated to helping victims of the fire. If nothing else, it will remind us that although the fire occurred a while ago and has largely disappeared from most of our memories, there are still many who continue to suffer and need assistance.