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Public Employee Press
Urgent message: 9/11
rescue and recovery workers If you are reading this
on July 4, you have only 40 days left to register for a benefit you might need
for the rest of your life.
People who register by the Aug. 14 deadline
will be eligible to claim Workers Compensation benefits if a 9/11-related
illness strikes at any time in the future.
Those who do not register in
time and later develop an illness resulting from their rescue, recovery or cleanup
work will not be able to receive the free care and partial wage replacement that
Workers Comp provides.
Registering preserves lifetime eligibility,
but as PEP goes to press, only 15,880 people have registered out of an estimated
40,000 who are eligible.
Dont throw away your rights. Register now.
The form is available on the DC 37 Web site at www.
dc37.net. The registration form must be filled out, notarized and mailed
to the New York State Workers Compensation Board. | |