The New York Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) said it has issued its 1,000th stop work order less than 14 months since it was given the authority to issue such orders.

Under workers' compensation legislative reforms approved last year, the WCB chairperson was granted the authority to close businesses that do not have proper workers' compensation insurance coverage. Employers can apply to the WCB to lift the stop work order once they agree to restitution and obtain the proper coverage.

The WCB said it issued its first stop work order on July 17, 2007.

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