Panel to Review Amish Request for Comp Exemption

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefA Minnesota advisory panel next week will consider whether Amish businesses should be exempt from carrying workers' compensation insurance for their Amish employees, or whether such an exemption would create an unfair competitive advantage.  Members of the Old Order Amish have asked the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry to support legislation to change current law to allow members of an established religious sect to be exempted from carrying workers' compensation coverage − if the sect conscientiously opposes receiving governmental ...