Puerto Rico Adds Presumption for Frontline Workers

Puerto Rico this month became the 15th U.S. jurisdiction to adopt some type of presumption for frontline workers who fall ill from COVID-19. The territory's governor on June 1 signed into law a measure that extends comp insurance coverage to workers such as police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health care workers, along with lab and nursing home workers, according to a news report. Other types of employees may also be eligible for benefits if they can show that the infection came through work duties, the report said. Puerto Rico workers are covered through a state...