Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Workers' compensation

Index Workers' compensation

Workers' compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue their employer for the tort of negligence. [1]

64 relations: Accident Compensation Corporation, Administrative law judge, Advocates for Injured Workers, Alabama, Albro v. Agawam Canal Co., American Bar Association, Australian labour movement, Civil parish, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, Compensation of employees, Crown entity, Disability insurance, Experience modifier, Federal Employees' Compensation Act, Federal Employers Liability Act, Fraud, Georgia (U.S. state), Health and Safety Executive, Health insurance, Independent medical examination, Involuntary unemployment, Joseph Chamberlain, Labor insurance (Japan), Labour law, Labour power, List of United States federal legislation, Living wage, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Merchant Marine Act of 1920, Mutualization, National Council on Compensation Insurance, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946, Negligence, Nevada, New Zealand, No-fault insurance, Original jurisdiction, Otto von Bismarck, Pain and suffering, Privacy law, Privatization, Provision (contracting), Punitive damages, State Compensation Insurance Fund, State court (United States), Subpoena duces tecum, Tort, Transferable skills analysis, Trial court, ..., Unemployment insurance in Japan, Uninsured employer, United States district court, West Virginia, William Ralph Meredith, Worker's compensation (Germany), Workers Compensation Act 1987, Workers' accident compensation insurance (Japan), Workers' compensation employer defense, Workmen's Compensation Act 1897, Workmen's Compensation Act 1906, Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, WorkSafe Victoria, WorkSafeBC. Expand index (14 more) »

Accident Compensation Corporation

The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) (Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara) is a New Zealand Crown entity responsible for administering the country's universal no-fault accidental injury scheme.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Accident Compensation Corporation · See more »

Administrative law judge

An administrative law judge (ALJ) in the United States is a judge and trier of fact who both presides over trials and adjudicates the claims or disputes (in other words, ALJ-controlled proceedings are bench trials) involving administrative law.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Administrative law judge · See more »

Advocates for Injured Workers

Advocates for Injured Workers (AIW) is a student legal clinic operating in Toronto and affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Advocates for Injured Workers · See more »

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Alabama · See more »

Albro v. Agawam Canal Co.

Albro v. The Agawam Canal Co., 6 Cush.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Albro v. Agawam Canal Co. · See more »

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association (ABA), founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States.

New!!: Workers' compensation and American Bar Association · See more »

Australian labour movement

The Australian labour movement has its origins in the early 19th century and includes both trade unions and political activity.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Australian labour movement · See more »

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Civil parish · See more »

Coalition Against Insurance Fraud

The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is a coalition of insurance organizations, consumers, government agencies and legislative bodies working to enact anti-fraud legislation, educate the public, and provide anti-fraud advice.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Coalition Against Insurance Fraud · See more »

Compensation of employees

Compensation of employees (CE) is a statistical term used in national accounts, balance of payments statistics and sometimes in corporate accounts as well.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Compensation of employees · See more »

Crown entity

A Crown entity (from the Commonwealth term Crown) is an organisation that forms part of New Zealand's state sector established under the Crown Entities Act 2004, a unique umbrella governance and accountability statute.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Crown entity · See more »

Disability insurance

Disability Insurance, often called DI or disability income insurance, or income protection, is a form of insurance that insures the beneficiary's earned income against the risk that a disability creates a barrier for a worker to complete the core functions of their work.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Disability insurance · See more »

Experience modifier

In the insurance industry in the United States, an experience modifier or experience modification is an adjustment of an employer's premium for worker's compensation coverage based on the losses the insurer has experienced from that employer.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Experience modifier · See more »

Federal Employees' Compensation Act

The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), is a United States federal law, enacted on September 7, 1916.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Federal Employees' Compensation Act · See more »

Federal Employers Liability Act

The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1908), is a United States federal law that protects and compensates railroaders injured on the job.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Federal Employers Liability Act · See more »

Fraud

In law, fraud is deliberate deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Fraud · See more »

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Georgia (U.S. state) · See more »

Health and Safety Executive

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in Great Britain.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Health and Safety Executive · See more »

Health insurance

Health insurance is insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses, spreading the risk over a large number of persons.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Health insurance · See more »

Independent medical examination

An independent medical examination (IME) occurs when a doctor, psychologist, or other licensed healthcare professional conducts an examination of an individual to help answer specific legal or administrative questions related to a variety of situations, e.g., a disability claim; workers compensation case; a personal injury lawsuit (tort claim); impaired professionals program; or sexual harassment in the workplace.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Independent medical examination · See more »

Involuntary unemployment

Involuntary unemployment occurs when a person is willing to work at the prevailing wage yet is unemployed.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Involuntary unemployment · See more »

Joseph Chamberlain

Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then, after opposing home rule for Ireland, a Liberal Unionist, and eventually served as a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Joseph Chamberlain · See more »

Labor insurance (Japan)

is a term for two systems of government insurance in Japan.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Labor insurance (Japan) · See more »

Labour law

Labour law (also known as labor law or employment law) mediates the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Labour law · See more »

Labour power

Labour power (in German: Arbeitskraft; in French: force de travail) is a key concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of capitalist political economy.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Labour power · See more »

List of United States federal legislation

This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation.

New!!: Workers' compensation and List of United States federal legislation · See more »

Living wage

A living wage is the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Living wage · See more »

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act

The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,, commonly referred to as the "Longshore Act" or "LHWCA" is statutory workers' compensation scheme enacted in 1927.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act · See more »

Merchant Marine Act of 1920

The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is a United States federal statute that provides for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Merchant Marine Act of 1920 · See more »

Mutualization

Mutualization or mutualisation is the process by which a joint stock company changes legal form to a mutual organization or a cooperative, so that the majority of the stock is owned by employees or customers.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Mutualization · See more »

National Council on Compensation Insurance

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is a U.S. insurance rating and data collection bureau specializing in workers' compensation.

New!!: Workers' compensation and National Council on Compensation Insurance · See more »

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.

New!!: Workers' compensation and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · See more »

National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946

The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 was a British Act of Parliament which provided compensation paid by the Ministry of National Insurance to workers who were left injured or disabled as a result of work-related accidents.

New!!: Workers' compensation and National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 · See more »

Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Negligence · See more »

Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Nevada · See more »

New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

New!!: Workers' compensation and New Zealand · See more »

No-fault insurance

In its broadest sense, no-fault insurance is any type of insurance contract under which insureds are indemnified for losses by their own insurance company, regardless of fault in the incident generating losses.

New!!: Workers' compensation and No-fault insurance · See more »

Original jurisdiction

The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Original jurisdiction · See more »

Otto von Bismarck

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Otto von Bismarck · See more »

Pain and suffering

Pain and suffering is the legal term for the physical and emotional stress caused from an injury (see also pain and suffering).

New!!: Workers' compensation and Pain and suffering · See more »

Privacy law

Privacy law refers to the laws that deal with the regulating, storing, and using of personally identifiable information of individuals, which can be collected by governments, public or private organizations, or other individuals.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Privacy law · See more »

Privatization

Privatization (also spelled privatisation) is the purchase of all outstanding shares of a publicly traded company by private investors, or the sale of a state-owned enterprise to private investors.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Privatization · See more »

Provision (contracting)

In United States government contracting, a provision or solicitation provision is a written term or condition used in a solicitation.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Provision (contracting) · See more »

Punitive damages

Punitive damages, or exemplary damages, are damages intended to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Punitive damages · See more »

State Compensation Insurance Fund

The State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) is a workers' compensation insurer that was created as a "public enterprise fund" by the U.S. state of California, and today has partial autonomy from the rest of the state government.

New!!: Workers' compensation and State Compensation Insurance Fund · See more »

State court (United States)

In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state, as opposed to the federal government.

New!!: Workers' compensation and State court (United States) · See more »

Subpoena duces tecum

A subpoena duces tecum (pronounced in English, but not in Latin), or subpoena for production of evidence, is a court summons ordering the recipient to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Subpoena duces tecum · See more »

Tort

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Tort · See more »

Transferable skills analysis

Transferable skills analysis is a set of tests or logic to determine what positions a person may fill if their previous position(s) no longer exists in the local job market, or they can no longer perform their last position(s) (e.g., because of an injury).

New!!: Workers' compensation and Transferable skills analysis · See more »

Trial court

A trial court or court of first instance is a court having original jurisdiction, in which trials take place.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Trial court · See more »

Unemployment insurance in Japan

, also known as is the "user pays" system of unemployment benefits that operate in Japan.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Unemployment insurance in Japan · See more »

Uninsured employer

Uninsured employer in the United States is a term to identify an employer of workers under circumstances where there is no form of insurance in place to provide certain benefits to those workers.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Uninsured employer · See more »

United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.

New!!: Workers' compensation and United States district court · See more »

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

New!!: Workers' compensation and West Virginia · See more »

William Ralph Meredith

Sir William Ralph Meredith, (March 31, 1840 – August 21, 1923) was Leader of the Ontario Conservatives from 1878 to 1894, Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900 until his death, and Chief Justice of Ontario from 1913 until his death.

New!!: Workers' compensation and William Ralph Meredith · See more »

Worker's compensation (Germany)

Worker's compensation in Germany is a national, compulsory program that insures workers for injuries or illness incurred through their employment, or the commute to or from their employment.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Worker's compensation (Germany) · See more »

Workers Compensation Act 1987

In New South Wales (NSW), Australia workers compensation is governed by the Workers Compensation Act 1987.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Workers Compensation Act 1987 · See more »

Workers' accident compensation insurance (Japan)

is a government insurance program in Japan.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Workers' accident compensation insurance (Japan) · See more »

Workers' compensation employer defense

When a worker has an injury, all US states have a structure of laws designed to provide multiple benefits to that injured worker.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Workers' compensation employer defense · See more »

Workmen's Compensation Act 1897

The Workmen's Compensation Act 1897 was British law in operation from 1897 to 1946.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Workmen's Compensation Act 1897 · See more »

Workmen's Compensation Act 1906

The Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which deals with the right of working people for compensation for personal injury.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 · See more »

Workplace Safety & Insurance Board

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB; Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l'assurance contre les accidents du travail) is an independent agency of the Ministry of Labour in Ontario, Canada responsible for providing workers' compensation to Ontario workers and no-fault insurance for Ontario's employers.

New!!: Workers' compensation and Workplace Safety & Insurance Board · See more »

WorkSafe Victoria

WorkSafe Victoria is the trading name of the Victorian WorkCover Authority, a statutory authority of the state government of Victoria, Australia.

New!!: Workers' compensation and WorkSafe Victoria · See more »

WorkSafeBC

The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, operating as WorkSafeBC, is a statutory agency that came into existence in 1917, after the provincial legislature put into force legislation passed in 1902.

New!!: Workers' compensation and WorkSafeBC · See more »

Redirects here:

Employees' compensation, Worker's Compensation, Worker's comp, Worker's compensation, Worker's compensation insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance, Workers Compensation insurance, Workers comp, Workers compensation, Workers compensation brazil, Workers compensation claim, Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation Board, Workers' comp, Workers' compensation acts, Workers' compensation fraud, Workers’ Compensation, Workers’ compensation, Workman's Compensation, Workman's comp, Workman's compensation, Workman's compersation, Workmans Compensation, Workman’s compensation, Workmen's Compensation, Workmen's compensation, Workmen's compensation insurance.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers'_compensation

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »