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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. In 2004, the avian in? billion).

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Issue Commentary: Employer’s Liability for Post-Injury Medical Treatment

The Workcomp Writer

2d 673 (Iowa 2004), the Supreme Court of Iowa held that administrators of the estate of a 19-year-old pizza parlor employee who died after being struck in the chest by his supervisor could not maintain an action against the employer for negligent hiring; the civil action was barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Iowa Act.

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