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2naSalit

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8. I suspect that

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 09:58 PM

Jan 2013

there was such a rush that many laws were overlooked, someone looked the other way... you might get initial treatment but after that... it gets pretty dicey. Things aren't as readily civilized as one from more developed and highly populated areas might suspect. This OP implies that these people are applying for WC and the state is having issues after that point. You are probably right about the contract workers part and I'm sure that there are many other factors involved like lack of WC agents, there's a big shortage in MT and a lot of these folks are camping in MT as well and some of the companies involved are based in MT which has a really crappy WC functionality record and there are lots of openings in that agency.

All this boom happened so fast that it will be years for the infrastructure in both ND and MT to catch up. And it's not quite as easy as you might imagine to even get to a place where care is provided, takes a while to get anywhere up here.

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What?? Did they outlaw Worker's Comp in North Dakota?? kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #2

And if that employer is run from Canada? 2naSalit Jan 2013 #4

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Doesn't mean there's actual oversight or enforcement 2naSalit Jan 2013 #11

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