California prosecutors are considering action to secure legislation making it a criminal offense for an employer to ask or coerce an employee to avoid filing a claim with the workers' compensation system.
Howard Goldblatt, government affairs director for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said Friday his organization was approached by California prosecutors seeking information about how other states treat instances where employers seek to game the comp system.
He said they mentioned cases where workers' were asked to seek treatment from their health insurer for a job injury rather than use the comp system or to get their workplace injuries treated in Mexico.
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