Number	23921
Subject	Fire Departments
Source	Boston Globe
State	MA
Year	2008
Publication Date	01/07/2008; 01/11/2008; 04/17/2008; 07/14/2008; 07/19/2008; 07/21/08; 08/14/2008; 08/19/2008; 08/22/2008; 10/24/2008
Summary	"Boston firefighters became increasingly injury prone in recent years and reported career-ending, on-the-job injuries at more than three times the rate of comparably sized cities. They often remained on the city payroll, on injured leave while taxpayers paid their full salaries, for months - and in some cases, several years - while retirement officials with strong union ties processed their disability retirement claims"
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	27
Keywords	firefighters; workers compensation; disability fraud; padding pensions; disability retirement fraud; disability claims
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