The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) announced it opposes any legislative and executive actions taken by states that create a presumption that an employee working for an essential business who contracts COVID-19 contracted the virus at their place of work.
According to the association these types of changes to workers’ compensation laws place an unfair burden on its members and will introduce a new source of financial strain.
The association states that problem with this presumption is:
- it is impossible for a business to prove that an employee contracted COVID-19 outside the workplace; and
- businesses will wind up paying significantly more
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