Florida Epidemic of Employers Without Work Comp
Florida law requires that any employer with 4 or more employees must purchase workers' compensation coverage. Despite the law, many employers fail to obtain the required coverage. The Florida Department of Financial Services, the enforcement arm of workers' compensation, conducted 27, 674 on-site investigations of employers during fiscal year 2008. Of those investigations, 2,518 employers were breaking the law and were ordered to cease operations until workers' compensation insurance was obtained.
Randy Zeldin, Esq., a workers' compensation attorney with offices in Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Boca Raton, has seen many injured workers unable to collect workers' compensation benefits. If an employer has no coverage, it often means that they are not "solvent" and without assets. "You can't get blood from a stone" observes Randy Zeldin-no workers' compensation coverage often means no funds to pay injured workers.
Attorney Randy Zeldin urges the Florida Legislature to tackle this serious problem facing South Florida workers.
