With first responders and health workers now testing positive for COVID-19, their unions and attorneys in Florida and Minnesota are urging governors to order that they be covered by workers' compensation benefits.
In a letter last week to Gov. Ron DeSantis, Orlando attorney Geoff Bichler, who represents firefighters and other public safety workers around the state, said the governor should immediately issue an executive order requiring employers to provide indemnity benefits for first responders who have been quarantined.
Dozens of responders across Florida have been sent home because th...
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