Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2021 May;64(5):358-368. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23234. Epub 2021 Feb 26.
While many states have legal provisions to extend workers' compensation eligibility to day laborers or domestic workers hired directly by homeowners or families, little is known about the nature or frequency of injury claims submitted on behalf of these "residential employees."
We examined California workers' compensation claims records for injuries that appear to have occurred in residential settings between 2008 and 2018 and where the employer of record was an individual or family. We examined the demographic, occupational, and injury characteristics of our sample and analyzed factors that contribute to the likelihood of a claim resulting in some sort of payment.
We identified 5,463 workers' compensation claims that were likely submitted on behalf of residential employees. Claims most commonly reflected injuries to workers performing housekeeping tasks, followed by construction/maintenance and caregiving. Workers performing construction/maintenance or gardening/landscaping tasks were more likely to be injured on the same day of hire and were more likely to require hospitalization or emergency treatment for their injuries; however, these workers also had a smaller proportion of claims that resulted in payment. We found that employment tenure had the biggest impact on the likelihood of payment, with the odds increasing sharply after the first day of work.
Although the claims in our data set likely represent only a small fraction of all injuries to residential day laborers and domestic workers during this period, we suggest that workers' compensation claims can provide valuable clues for better understanding occupational injuries among workers in this largely informal sector.
虽然许多州都有法律规定，将工人赔偿资格扩大到由房主或家庭直接雇用的日工或家庭佣工，但对于代表这些“住宅员工”提交的伤害索赔的性质或频率知之甚少。
我们检查了 2008 年至 2018 年期间在住宅环境中发生的疑似伤害的加利福尼亚工人赔偿索赔记录，并且记录中的雇主是个人或家庭。我们检查了样本的人口统计学、职业和伤害特征，并分析了导致索赔导致某种付款的可能性的因素。
我们确定了 5463 份可能代表住宅员工提交的工人赔偿索赔。索赔最常见的反映了从事家政工作的工人受伤，其次是建筑/维护和护理工作。从事建筑/维护或园艺/景观美化工作的工人在受雇的同一天受伤的可能性更大，并且更有可能因受伤而需要住院治疗或紧急治疗；但是，这些工人的索赔中获得赔偿的比例也较小。我们发现，就业期限对获得赔偿的可能性影响最大，在工作的第一天之后，赔率急剧上升。
尽管我们数据集中的索赔可能仅代表在此期间所有住宅日工和家庭佣工受伤的一小部分，但我们认为工人赔偿索赔可以为更好地了解这一主要非正式部门工人的职业伤害提供有价值的线索。
