| Hazardous Employment |
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| Whether employment is "hazardous" is a distinction in workers' compensation that has lost much of its relevance in most states. Those states that retain the distinction are known to identify certain occupations or businesses that are statutorily considered to be "hazardous" or to define all employment as "hazardous" with specified exceptions. In these jurisdictions, workers' compensation is mandated for those occupations considered "hazardous."More... |
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| Injury From Usual Exertion or Exposure Concept |
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| "Injury From Usual Exertion or Exposure" Concept)More... |
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| Supplemental Security Income Continuing Disability Reviews |
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| Supplemental security income benefits are payable to persons who are age sixty-five or over, disabled, or blind. If the individual's benefits are instituted based on a disability or blindness, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will conduct Continuing Disability Reviews (CDR). The purpose of these reviews is to verify that the individual remains disabled or blind. If he is not, the payment of benefits will cease.More... |
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| Compensation for Federal Employees |
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| As opposed to state Workers' Compensation Acts, federal employees who receive on-the-job injuries are specifically covered by the Federal Employee Compensation Act (FECA). FECA operates much like state statutes; it outlines a no-fault system that provides federal employees with fixed benefits in exchange for the loss of the right to sue the government. FECA covers both the disability and death of a federal employee, and outlines the types of benefits available to a federal employee in either event. More... |
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| Issue of "Time" in "By Accident" Concept |
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| Generally, for those jurisdictions adhering to the requirement of injury "by accident" for the injury to be compensable, there is an element of time. Basically, not only must the injury be "accidental" but also the causative event must be fairly identifiable as to time. It has been the general consensus among these jurisdictions that the time element is satisfied if either the event that caused the injury or the resulting injury itself was sudden. The time of the event that caused the injury is sufficiently definite if pinpointed to a span of several hours or days. As for the resulting injury, "suddenness" can include a gradual effect on the worker's body that ends with an injury that is clearly identifiable as to date.More... |
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