Grocery shoppers may clip coupons to curb costs, but what measures do the stores themselves take to bolster wealth? The managers of one Sacramento, Calif.-area grocer came up with an unscrupulous answer: dissuade employees from filing legitimate workers' compensation claims.
Maintaining an injury-free record to earn bonuses seemed like a good idea at the time, but the scammers didn't consider the ramifications of cheating hardworking employees out of benefits to which they were rightfully entitled.
Now Raley's grocery chain will pay out more than a half a million dollars in penalties and must also implement a training program to ensure that workers' compensation claim-handling protocols are followed in the future.
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