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Agribusiness

In what’s likely a first, a meatpacking plant employee won a COVID-19 workers’ comp case

By Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | May 21, 2021

Many workers compensation claims have been denied throughout the pandemic. But the court ruled the JBS employee was infected with COVID-19 at the plant and should be compensated for lost wages after he fell ill.