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01/16/2004 Entry: "Bush: Government Payed $2 Billion in Workers' Comp in FY 2003"

Posted by John Durben

Like other employers across the country, the federal government is struggling with rising workers' compensations costs. The federal government, with its 2.7 million workers, paid out more than $2 billion in workers' compensation costs in FY 2003.

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Naturally, when an employee has a work accident it is predetermined that it is always the employee's fault.

Perhaps if "W" would quit cutting OHSA's budget, and weakening safety and health related laws, there would be less work-related accidents?

When management continues to take shortcuts for higher productivity at any cost, what do you expect?
Posted by John E. Durben @ 01/16/2004 05:31 PM CST

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