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Adult Consultative Examination Reports

When an adult Social Security Disability Insurance claimant fails to provide, or provides inadequate, medical information to make a "disability" determination, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will request that a consultative examination...

Assaults

A worker's injury that results from an assault is not compensable unless the assault arises out of his employment. The employment connection is satisfied if it is shown that the type of work or the setting in which it is performed increased the...

Employer Misconduct

Exclusivity Rule

In general, the workers' compensation system is the exclusive remedy for an employee who has suffered an on-the-job injury. The employee is prohibited from being an action outside the workers'...

Implementation of Workers' Compensation Policies and Procedures

The escalation of workers' compensation claims and, by correlation, premiums, makes it vital that employers create and implement policies and procedures to effectively address disability management and comply with state and federal law. These...

Claiming Compensation

In most jurisdictions, an injured employee must make a claim for workers' compensation within a specified time. By imposing a time limitation on filing a claim, the states have attempted to protect employers from old or stale claims that would be...