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Workers Compensation
Employment often results in injuries due to hazardous conditions or accidents. Workers Compensation is mandated by laws and specific rules apply to the collection and award to provide payments to the employee.
2,520 Questions
Can you call to file an unemployment extension in Connecticut?
If you have already run out of your regular benefits then you should receive a letter from the state letting you know when to apply for the extension. The state of CT has been taking its time to get their "computer systems" updated to handle the extension, so the originally said you would be able to file in the beginning of August, it has now been pused to the "middle" of August. Even though the extension was signed into law back in June.
Private contractor working for a company full time.who pays the worksman comp?
Since they probably only have to pay into the Workman's Compensation fund for their employees, not contracted workers, you would have to provide your own coverage.
Do you pay workmans comp for temp workers?
In WA we pay WC ("L&I") premiums by the hour. I pay L&I premiums even on a guy who works 20 hours per year.
That way, if he gets injured or killed on the job, I am immune from lawsuit.
Is Geneva health recruitment a scam?
How do you mean? What country are you in? I work for a health recruitment company so might be able to help clarify.
Do you still have to pay child support if you receive workmans comp in pa?
Yes. In general, child support is a percentage of net income, earned or unearned.
What is the prognosis for carpal tunnel syndrome?
Persons with carpal tunnel syndrome can usually expect to gain significant relief from prescribed surgery, treatments, exercises, and positioning devices.
What are the number of successful workers compensation claims for 2011?
The number of accepted workers compensation claims varies greatly state to state, country to country. In the US state of Washington, over 124,000 workers compensation claims were accepted, amounting to over 500 million dollars in 2010.
How can company black ball employee from getting another job because Workmens comp was denied?
when you apply for jobs the company advised the other company verbally that your a bad employee and make recommendations not to hire you .
What is the workers compensation settlement for eye?
- In the UK - to decide the amount of compensation you should receive from a workplace accident depends on two main factors. First, is your employer liable for your injury? If the answer is "Yes" - the amount of compensation you should receive depends on how sever your eye injury is as verified in a consultant medical report. Please see the associated link entitled "eye injury claims" to see examples of the amounts of compensation you can receive for different eye injuries.
How do you locate an old workmen's compensation claim?
Depending on which state you live, there should be a state-based bureau of workers compensation. In Michigan for example, it is under the Department of Labor and Economic Growth. This bureau oversees all worker's compensation claims and records which insurer has been utilized by which employer. The bureau has a resource team that can facilitate the questions of employees and may keep records of the specific claims filed based on employer name, employee name and date of loss or injury. The other resource that can be used is the physician's office, if it is a specific medical claim or date of service that is being sought.
Is an independent contractor self employed?
An independent contractor refers to a person who is self-employed. An independent contractor may also be referred to as a freelancer.
Do you need workers compensation insurance if you have no employees?
I owned my own semi-truck and trailer and I was required to have workmen's comp even though I had no employes. Even if no one is requiring you to carry Comp, there are significant benefits, such as lifetime medical coverage if you're injured on the job. If you're self-employed, this may be very valuable because currently health insurers can exclude parts of you from coverage if you've been injured before, presuming you can find affordable coverage or coverage at all if you've been injured. Plus, you probably would have no deductible under Comp. If you have health insurance that can't be cancelled except for non-payment, that's great - unless you can't pay the premiums because you've been injured. In that case, if you really feel good about your health insurance, then at least carry an Accident/Serious Illness policy and and AD&D policy that can pay if you aren't able to work for a while. Many states are "ladder states," meaning that liability goes up the ladder until someone can pay, so depending on your line of work and whether you have clients who come to you at a storefront vs. you doing work for them on projects, you may be required to either carry it or have it taken out of your pay. Also, unless you are a corperation with exempt status, you will always have at least one employee, you.
How did Andrew Carnegies company break the union at the steel mill in Homestead?
He went to the specialization union government and bribed them to make an amendment, it ended up being the 17th one and the Homestead Act was demolished and Carnegie won.
Too many variables. It depends on the plan, cost of living in the area, etc. However, the average cost of a health plan for a single person in the US is about $5,000 a year. So the employer would pay about $2500 per year or $48 a week per employee (based on single). Average family plan is about $13,000 a year total cost.
Can you work 2 fulltime jobs and receive benefits if you fullfill your contractual obligations?
IF you have the energy to work two full-time jobs, no law or policy forbids that.
Employers have nearly zero control over what you do when not clocked in with them.
Employees have no "contractual obligations"; they have job duties and schedules. Only a tiny fraction of US employees have individual employment contracts, and the small fraction with union contracts have no "obligations" - bargained contracts bing employer and UNION, not workers.
Which philosopher economist inventor and scientist participated in the constitutional convention?
Doctor BEn Franklin
What are the direct and indirect costs of a work comp claim?
A direct cost example is the medical expense claim, and an example of an indirect cost is the lost productivity of the injured employee AND the staff who has to process the claim.
What questions are a prospective employer allowed to ask a previous employer?
In this climate of litigation, the probability is that most organizations that have been given the proper legal advice will only disclose three pieces of information about you, no matter the quality of the job you did:
- Dates you were employed.
- Your job description or employment capacity.
- Your salary information.
Some information is absolutely prohibited from disclosure:
- School records, without your consent;
- Criminal history, though this varies from state to state and the nature of the prospective employer (however, your criminal record is public info, available to all);
- Medical records, without your consent;
- Questions about a disability you may have, unless that disability impinges directly on your ability to perform the job even if the prospective employer makes "reasonable accommodations";
- Certain governmental records, such as personnel records of local or state employees in some jurisdictions (Even if not provided by your previous employer, government employee records are public info);
- Your history of worker's compensation claim(s).
Your driving record is public record and can be released without your consent.
Legal Realities
Your previous employer does not have to answer any questions. (Remember the First Amendment? Freedom of speech is also freedom not to speak.) The past employer bears significant liability for a defamation action by you if it reveals any information that is both (1) untrue and (2) damaging to you. If the answer prevents your getting the job, it is damaging to you.
As stated at the beginning of this answer, most organizations, particularly large organizations, governmental organizations, and smaller organizations that have been given good advice by lawyers have very strict policies governing what information is allowed to be released about you.
If you are unsure about a potential reference there are several companies that will check your references for you and give a detailed report. Put "reference check" in a search engine and you will discover information about many such businesses.
If the referee is very pleased with you, (s)he may be inclined to give a glowing reference, but, again, the strict policies apply, and in today's era of litigation, the probability is that the organization will remain silent except for the three pieces of information mentioned at the beginning of this answer. Further, the referee that gives out the "glowing" reference may be exposing her or his organization to liability should your prospective employer suffer damages because of you--the present employer may bring an action against the referring employer for failing to disclose the negative information.
One way people gather information about applicants while reducing liability is for an individual person working for the prospective employer, acting, supposedly, "as an individual," to contact the referee at home in her or his capacity "as an individual," so that the referee is not acting as an agent of the organization. That way, sometimes, information flows more freely, but an individual contacted will still fear saying much that is negative about you for fear of a legal action by you, as already described, or a governmental entity, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or your state's version of the EEOC.
This is a complex topic. The above is, admittedly, a simplification. We recommend you seek some additional information.
There is a good and readable summary of the legal issues (albeit for California only) here:
http://www.esrcheck.com/ESRPublications/Reference_Checking.html
Does worker's comp cover re-injury of condition not related to job?
That dependes did this injury happen AT work if so yes if not no.
From what I have read (and my own personal experience with clubfoot), I am fairly certain that "Yes, clubfoot can be considered a disability". Like most other orthopedic impairments, clubfoot ranges in severity from one person to the next.
