No Retroactive Benefits for Worker who Failed to Give Timely Notice of Employer's Uninsured Status

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania on Monday ruled that the state's Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund does not have to pick up the tab for a worker's benefits until after he gave notice that his employer didn't have comp insurance, some three months after he was hurt. Under Pennsylvania law, a worker is required to give the UEGF notice of a claim within 45 days of discovering his employer was uninsured. Larry Kendrick blew this deadline by a mere three days. But the court said his failure to abide by the notice provision of Section 1603(b) of the Workers’ Compensation A...