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Architects, engineers urge committee to treat disaster response volunteers as state employees for liability and workers’ comp protections
Summary
Ken Folarski and the Rhode Island Architects and Engineers Emergency Response Task Force urged support for HB5157 to classify disaster response workers as state employees for workers’ compensation and legal defense; they said classification encourages out-of-state responders to assist during disasters.
Ken Folarski, president of the Rhode Island Architects and Engineers Emergency Response Task Force 7, testified in support of House Bill 5157, which would deem disaster response workers state employees for purposes of workers’ compensation and defense by the attorney general while…
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