Fla. PEO Under Fire for Denying Undocumented Workers' Claims Tried Same Tactics in Calif.

When representatives of Southern California firm Kamran Staffing Inc. learned from an insurance broker that a Florida professional employer organization could handle their workers’ compensation for cheap, they thought they’d found a pretty good deal. What they didn’t know when they signed a contract with SouthEast Personnel Leasing was that the company had a history of denying workers’ compensation benefits to undocumented immigrants — and that it wasn’t licensed to sell insurance in California. When Kamran Staffing learned these facts last year, it s...