Under the state’s workers’ compensation laws, if your husband or wife dies while at work, you can get up to half of their average weekly pay. A Tennessee lawmaker wants to increase that to two-thirds.
Temp Jobs + Worker’s Comp = Legal Puzzles
Low wage jobs, especially those involving manual labor, are increasingly performed by temporary workers. A pair of recent rulings from Tennessee’s Supreme Court shows that trend comes with complications when a worker gets hurt.
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