Given their profound impact on peoples lives, how much compensation workers get for traumatic injuries seems like it would be the product of years of study. But in reality, the amounts are often the result of political expediency, sometimes based on bargains struck decades ago.
Over the past decade, states have slashed workers' compensation benefits, denying injured workers help when they need it most and shifting the costs of workplace accidents to taxpayers.
Over the past decade, states have slashed workers' compensation benefits, denying injured workers help when they need it most and shifting the costs of workplace accidents to taxpayers.
