I Am a Minnesota Corrections Officer Who Contracted COVID-19. Do I Have a Work Comp Claim?

The general answer is yes, and the employee’s burden of proof to establish a workers’ compensation claim was just reduced for first responders, including Corrections Officers, who work at Minnesota’s 11 correctional facilities. Typically, to be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for an occupational disease, Minnesota workers must prove that that their condition arose out of their […]