A dispute is growing in the Indian Reservation Gaming Industry, as increasing numbers of injured workers are finding out that they don't have the same rights under tribal law as they otherwise would under state workers' compensation programs.According to Gaming Magazine, Indian tribes must provide comparable benefits to the California workers' compensation system to be in compliance with the law, but Indians have sovereign nation status. Some complain that this status allows them to run roughshod over the rights of employees, and in particular attorneys are complaining that workers aren't prot...
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