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The Workcomp Writer
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
million in damages related to a deceased worker’s work-related asbestos exposure with the defendant employer [ Constantine v. He later died and his widow sought damages via a common law civil action rather than a claim filed within the workers’ compensation system. 2013), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed this “Catch-22.
Florida Workers' Comp
AUGUST 18, 2024
The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system. Profits from the conference are used to enhance the workers' compensation system. Initially, the institute provided a series of "grants" to assist the system.
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Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JULY 5, 2022
Extracting provincial data from the same series, British Columbia has seen a massive shift in the employment of workers age 65 and older: The monthly unadjusted BC employment rate of 65- to 69-year-olds now routinely exceeds 35% More than a third of males (36.2% of males aged 65 to 69 are employed (Q1 2022) vs. 29.5% in (Q1 2002).
The Workcomp Writer
MARCH 25, 2024
In those rulings, the Commission and the Court of Appeals had found that the costs of a claimant’s bariatric surgery should be borne by the employer because the claimant needed to lose weight to undergo surgery to repair hardware in her knee that had loosened due to two work-related injuries. 124, 468 S.E.2d
Workers' Compensation
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION REMEDY Some state workers’ compensation acts, including New Jersey, recognize radiation exposure as an occupational disease and afford injured workers and their dependents a remedy. Timely notice and the workers’ compensation claim filing must be satisfied under statutory requirements. 350 N.J.Super.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JULY 11, 2019
Requiring employers provide financial compensation to workers or their families for work-related injury, illness and death is central to achieving this objective. In exclusive state fund jurisdictions, the sole insurer must insurer all employers requiring (or qualified to opt in to) coverage.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JUNE 2, 2024
Other coding systems for nature of injury, industry and occupation are jurisdictionally specific and subject to change over time. Workers’ compensation systems rely on a medical diagnosis of the injury , then determine the " work-relatedness " of that injury before considering the extent and duration of any compensation.
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