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Who is responsible for temp’s claim for workers’ comp benefits?

by 01/05/2012

Q. We hired a temp worker through an agency while one of our employees was out on a 12-week pregnancy leave. Five weeks after she started with us, she was injured at work. Are we responsible for her workers’ comp claim, or is the temp agency responsible?

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