RI Employers Grovel; Legislators Debate Penalties

Rhode Island employers have been flocking to insurance companies to ensure workers' compensation coverage compliance while the state legislature looks to amending the laws to make it a felony to go without.In the wake of the December tragedy involving The Station nightclub where a fire erupted killing 100, and the revelation that the Derderian brothers, owners of the club, did not have workers' compensation insurance and are now facing a fine in excess of $1 million plus jail time, area newspapers are reporting that there has been a spike in inquiries and sales of work comp policies, double th...