Ohio Sen. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, has introduced legislation to prohibit workers' compensation benefits to workers who cannot prove to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation that they are authorized to work in the United States -- while allowing lawsuits by undocumented workers against employers who hired them knowing their immigration status.Seitz said in a statement to potential co-sponsors that during oversight hearings on the bureau's rates, Insurance Committee members learned that the agency "does not currently check employment authorization status and, in fact, views current...
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