An Examination of the New York State Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 2007

Authors

Julia Ostrov

Keywords

Workers' compensation, social legislation, labor policy, social justice, New York State, work-related injury, workrelated illness

Abstract

Workers' compensation, a critical safety net for injured and ill workers in the form of medical care and wage replacement benefits, emerged on the heels of the Industrial Revolution as the first extensive social insurance program in the United States. Over the past two decades, workers' compensation policy in New York State has followed a national trend of severe retrenchment in benefits to workers. This paper takes as its focus an examination of the most recent workers' compensation reform legislation in New York, and provides a discussion of the important role social workers can play in promoting social justice within the workers' compensation system.

Recommended Citation

Ostrov, Julia (2015) "An Examination of the New York State Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 2007," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 42: Iss. 3, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.3916
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol42/iss3/2