Longshore & Harbor Workers Act vs. Mass Workers Compensation
May 17, 2013
According to the United States Department of Labor, the Longshore and Harbor Workers Act (LHWCA) provides employment-injury and occupational-disease protection to approximately 500,000 workers who ar...
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Workers Compensation vs. Personal Injury
May 17, 2013
If you're injured on the job, should you file a workers compensation case or a personal injury case? This guide explains the differences between the two, as well as the situations in which you should ...
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Short-Term vs. Long-Term Disability
May 17, 2013
The purpose of disability insurance is to replace an individuals income in the event that they become physically unable to work. The two types of disability insurance are short-term and long-term dis...
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Do I Have a Workers Comp or Jones Act Claim?
May 17, 2013
Workers Compensation is an insurance program -- administered by the state -- that provides compensation in the form of wages and medical care for employees who are injured within the course and scope o...
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The Longshore and Harbor Workers Act vs. The Defense Base Act
Apr 14, 2013
Overview: Jurisdiction and Definition The Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA) LHWCA is a workers compensation program administered by the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWC...
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Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act vs. Jones Act
Apr 14, 2013
The Longshore and Harbor Workers Act (LHWCA) is a federal law that covers individuals who are injured or become diseased while working on the navigable waters of the United States or in adjoining areas...
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Jone's Act Seaman or Employee under the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Statue
Dec 22, 2011
In its definition of employees entitled to receive benefits under the Massachusetts workers compensation system, s. 1(4) states, Employee, every person in the service of another under any contract of h...
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Cancellation of an Assigned Risk Workers' Compensation Policy in Massachusetts
Dec 22, 2011
Non-renewals, like cancellations, have definite ramifications upon employees, employers, contributors to theTrust Fund and thepublic at large. See Pillmans Case, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 178, 185. Consequent...
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Accidental Disability Retirement
Apr 22, 2011
Pursuant to G.L. c. 32 7, applicants for accidental disability benefits must establish by substantial evidence, that they are totally and permanently incapacitated from performing all of their duties a...
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Social Security Disability Benefits
Apr 22, 2011
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS
What is Social Security Disability?
Social Security Disability is a federal insurance program funded by taxes, specifically, FICA. If you have worked long enou...
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