Workers Compensation
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| Immunity From Third Party Actions |
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| When a worker is injured during the course of his employment, he may sometimes seek a common law recovery from the third party whose action or inaction caused the injury. Depending upon the jurisdiction, immunity from such a third party action may be extended to the employer or co-employees. More... |
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| Injury While in the Course of Employment |
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| Workers' Compensation Eligibility More... |
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| Employer's Indemnification of Third Party |
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| Generally, workers' compensation is the exclusive way to hold an employer liable for an employee's injury. However, the "exclusiveness" principle will give way in the face of an express contractual provision that the employer will indemnify a third party for payments it is required to make to an injured employee. For example, consider the employer who leases heavy construction equipment from an equipment rental facility. The lease agreement may contain a clause providing that, if a worker of the employer is injured while operating the equipment, the employer will wholly indemnify the equipment rental facility for any damages the facility is called upon to pay to the worker. More... |
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| Work Incentives for Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries |
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| The Social Security Administration's work incentives program was instituted to help disabled individuals take advantage of employment opportunities and thereby gain a measure of independence. Special rules were designed to reduce the risk that a disabled or blind Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiary who chose to work would lose their SSI or Medicaid benefits. More... |
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