Florida Legislation Would Bar Undocumented From Workers’ Comp 

• Florida Department of Financial Services’ Blaise Ingoglia says he will back legislation to prevent undocumented workers who are injured on the job from receiving workers’ compensation benefits.  

• Companies that hired undocumented workers who are injured would have to pay for any injuries out of their own pocket.  

• The agency’s Chief Financial Officer held a news conference to detail his plan to also prevent undocumented migrants from getting Florida driver’s license or open bank accounts.  

• Companies would be required to use E-Verify for workers’ comp payments. 
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New Workers’ Comp Rules In Nova Scotia 

• Nova Scotia is rolling out new rules for workers’ comp after a comprehensive review of the system.  

• Legislation passed in 2024 broadened survivor benefits and expanded a cancer presumption for firefighters to cover wildland firefighters and fire investigators.  

• Beginning in 2027, workers’ comp benefits will have to be indexed for the full cost of living adjustment in the consumer price index  – not the 50 percent that had been in place – up to a maximum of 3 percent a year. 
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NY Contractor Sentenced for Premium Fraud   

• Mahendranauth Khargie, 36, and his company, GC Stud Inc., pled guilty to cheating the New York State Insurance Fund out of $600,000 in workers’ comp premium.  

• The Queens, New York-based iron and erection construction company underreported the company’s payroll by more than $3.5 million over three years to lower its workers’ comp costs.  

• Khargie was given conditional discharge and ordered to pay restitution of $625,000 to NYSIF. Failure to make restitution would result in a prison sentence of two to five years. 
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