workers’ compensation Florida News

Miami Labor Supplier Charged With Underreporting Payroll to Travelers

Florida authorities charged a Miami contractor with vastly underreporting his payroll and skipping out on $253,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums to Travelers Property and Casualty Co. Gustavo Antonio Munguia, 48, owner of American Iron Group Corp., was arrested Thursday, …

Tampa Police Investigating if Former NFL Player Received Unprescribed Drugs in Hospital

Tampa police are investigating after family members of former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams said someone may have slipped him unprescribed opioid medication while he was in the hospital after a construction accident. A Tampa Bay Times report also gives …

Some Workplace Shootings May Not be Compensable, Florida Appeals Court Says

Workplace shootings, more common than ever now, may happen in the course and scope of employment. But do they have to be work-related to make the victims eligible for workers’ compensation benefits? That’s the question that a Florida appeals court …

Payroll Was Millions More than Florida Contractor Reported, DFS Says

A south Florida contractor faces significant jail time after he was arrested for vastly underreporting his payroll to his workers’ compensation insurer. Hector Gutierrez-Morales, owner of HG & AKE Construction Corp., in Miami, was charged with workers’ compensation premium fraud, …