of the reading about the federal workers compensation plans are used so if the employee becomes injured on the job and has to miss work because of their injuries or if they become in contact with a certain kind of disease while they are on the job working. There are four different kinds of programs that are used for the particular type of work the employee is involved in. The first type of program is called the federal employees compensation program this helps give benefits to the employees that work
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Checkpoint: Characteristics of Workers’ Compensation Plans The four types of Workers’ Compensation plans are: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program‚ Federal Employees’ Compensation Program‚ Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Program‚ and the Black Lung Benefits Program. Each of these programs helps serve the employees of these specific groups when they are injured during a workplace accident. Each of these programs provide medical care‚ cash benefits for lost wages‚ rehabilitation
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Characteristics of Workers’ Compensation Plans Cheryl Hueholt-Glasgow HCR/230 June 21‚ 2013 Jetonga Keel Characteristics of Workers’ Compensation Plans There are four federal workers’ compensation plans and two state compensation plans. These plans are put into place to protect employees from injuries in the work place. The four federal workers’ compensation plans are: The Federal Employees’ Compensation Program which provides to people employed by federal government under FECA. The Long-shore
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Workers’ Compensation Workers’ compensation is meant to protect employees from loss of income and to cover extra expenses associated with job-related injuries or illness. Accidents in which the employee does not lose time from work‚ accidents in which the employee loses time from work‚ temporary partial disability‚ permanent partial or total disability‚ death‚ occupational diseases‚ noncrippling physical impairments‚ such as deafness‚ impairments suffered at employer-sanctioned events‚ such as
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Characteristics of Workers ’ Compensation Plans Deanna Perryman HCR230 April 18‚ 2014 UOPX Characteristics of Workers ’ Compensation Plans To protect employees from injuries in the work place there are certain plans that are put into place. There are four federal workers’ compensation plans and two state compensation plans. The federal workers’ compensation plans are: The Long-shore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Program that provides for people that are employed in the maritime field. The Federal Employees’
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Compensation | April 28 2013 | Final Paper | Arnold Zio HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Spring/ Hewitt | Workers Compensation The workers compensation Act of 1987 came into force on 30 June 1987 and apply to the injuries of workers on the jobsite from June 30th 1987. Subsequent legislative changes has been made to the Workers Compensation Act of 1987‚ and the related legislation that are relevant to matters that were covered in the Guidelines. This includes an Amendments passed in 1989
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Workers Compensation is essentially a form of insurance that provides wage replacement and medical coverage to employees that are injured while working. This compensation‚ however‚ is not freely given to the employees. It is instead exchanged for the employee’s right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. Depending on jurisdiction‚ Workers Compensation can function as various types of insurance. Wages that is lost while recovering from an injury can be paid to the employee as
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WAL-MART’S WORKER COMPENSATION PROGRAM: How Wal-Mart’s Workers’ Compensation Practices Are Costing Its Workers‚ the States and Taxpayers June 2007 Workers’ Compensation and Wal-Mart “Over the last seven years‚ Wal-Mart has “repeatedly and unreasonably” delayed giving injured workers the benefits they were owed under workers’ compensation laws‚ and‚ in some cases‚ WalMart employees were not allowed to file workers’ comp claims at all.”1 — Order issued by the Washington Department of
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Workers’ Compensation Suzy Page HCA230 Jetonga Keel Feb‚ 14‚ 2013 Workers compensation was created to protect both the employer and the employee. Before workers’ compensation was established in the United States in the early 1900s‚ injured workers’ only recourse was to pursue legal action against their employer. To be successful‚ the employee had to prove that the employer was at fault. More often then not‚ these cases were too difficult to prove and took many years to settle. However‚ by
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Workers ’ Compensation How does the cost of workers ’ compensation affect construction costs? Is it worth the time and money to have a strict safety program? These are both questions that construction companies have been asking for years. But before these questions can be answered lets look it the history of workers ’ compensation. Construction is one of the most dangerous occupations. In the United States‚ the construction industry employs about 5% of the workforce but accounts for 11%
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