Are you serious? So now the law is encouraging more violence in the work place, just what we needed. “Punch the boss, get workers’ comp” is the title of an article I came across in the Arizona Republic. It goes on to state that regardless of who is at fault in an office brawl in Arizona, an injured party can be eligible to collect workers’ comp. Judge Jon W. Thompson stated in a decision on Sept. 6, “Assault-related injuries are compensable…regardless of who was the aggressor, because workers’ compensation is a no-fault system.” Another astonishing fact about the law is that the fight can be about anything. It doesn’t even have to have anything to do with work to make it compensable. I guess they assume if you’re at work, that’s enough reason to fight anyone.
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