Workers Compensation Laws
All Workers Compensation Laws Articles
Workers Compensation Coverage of Chiropractic Variances
The Workers' Compensation Board Medical Treatment Guidelines for the lumbar and thoracic spine make it extremely difficult for patients to receive...
When Can an Injured Employee Sue the Employer’s Landlord?
Workers’ compensation provides an exclusive remedy against employers for work-related injuries. But does that exclusivity apply to claims agai...
No More Sitting At Home Collecting Comp
A series of cases decided within the last year make it clear that one of the Workers' Compensation Board priorities is to require permanently part...
Nevada Workers Comp and Retraining
The most significant limitation on a retraining program under Nevada workers’ compensation law is on the length of a retraining program. Nevad...
Workers' Compensation State Laws
Anyone who is injured while on the job has the right to have their employer reimburse them for the costs and care of that injury. Current laws pr...
Workers Comp Act
All states have established some sort of workers compensation act, which provide financial benefits and compensation for employees who have suffered...
Worker’s Compensation Time Limits
To receive workers’ compensation benefits, you must file a workers’ compensation claim within certain time limits. Each state and federal wo...
Black Lung Benefits Act
The Black Lung Benefits Act (“BLBA”) is a federal compensation program authorized by Title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of ...
Merchant Marine Act
The Merchant Marine Act (“the Act”) is a federal law passed in 1920 in order to regulate maritime commerce in and around the United States water...
FELA
The Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”) is a federal law passed in 1908 that gives certain rights and compensation for railroad employees w...
OWCP
The Office of Workers Compensation Programs (“OWCP”) is the division of the U.S. Department of Labor that handles all aspects of four major disa...
Federal Employment Compensation Act
The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (“FECA”) covers all federal civilian employees who suffer disability due to a work-related injury, or ...
What is OSHA?
The Occupational Safety & Health act was created as an act that assures healthy and safe working conditions for men and woman with the enforceme...
Workers' Compensation Law
Workers Compensation Law are rules designed to address the needs of workers who become ill or who are injured on the job in the course of carrying o...
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) offers occupational diseases protection and employment-related injury protection for ...
