Back to Work Needs Congressional Support

Gelman, Jon L.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3583681

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Back to Work Needs Congressional Support

4 Pages Posted: 24 Apr 2020

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Jon L. Gelman

West Group

Date Written: April 20, 2020

Abstract

A discussion should be now occur in the halls of Congress and national legislation should be enacted mandating worker health and safety. Economically, TRIA type legislation must be crafted that provides for prevention/research/treatment as well as compensation on a national level. Workers should not need to choose whether they will be best protected in a “blue” or “red” state. This fractionalized national policy will lead to prolonged, 2nd, 3rd and 4th waves of the COVID-19 virus. On an urgent basis, a consistent, logical, scientific and non-political approach must be implemented by Congress.

Keywords: : COVID-19, workers compensation, Congress, Federal Funding, occupational exposure, occupational illness, infectious disease, testing, workplace, quarantine, Andrew Cuomo, Governor Cuomo, OSHA, pandemic, coronavirus, healthcare, insurance, health care workers, first responders

JEL Classification: K31, K41

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Gelman, Jon L., Back to Work Needs Congressional Support (April 20, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3583681 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3583681