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2000 SESSION
HB 1036 Workers' compensation; coverage for alien workers.
Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Workers' compensation; coverage for alien workers. Includes alien workers, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, as employees within the scope of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. The bill gives unlawfully-employed alien workers the same status under the Act that unlawfully-employed minors currently have.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Workers' compensation; coverage for alien workers. Includes alien workers, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, as employees within the scope of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. The bill gives unlawfully-employed alien workers the same status under the Act that unlawfully-employed minors currently have. The bill overturns a Virginia Supreme Court decision that an undocumented worker cannot be an "employee" under the Act because the purported contract of hire is unenforceable.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Workers' compensation; coverage for alien workers. Includes alien workers, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, as employees within the scope of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. The bill gives unlawfully-employed alien workers the same status under the Act that unlawfully-employed minors currently have. The bill overturns a Virginia Supreme Court decision that an undocumented worker cannot be an "employee" under the Act because the purported contract of hire is unenforceable.