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unusual facts about workers compensation



Marc Dann

Dann was a leading critic of "Coingate," an investment plan in which $50 million of the state's workers compensation reserve fund was given to Tom Noe, a politically connected coin dealer.


see also

Jones Act

Merchant Marine Act of 1920, often referred to as the "Jones Act", governing the workers compensation rights of sailors and the use of foreign vessels in domestic trade

Lateral Patient Air Transfer

The industry focuses on bariatric and fragile patient care, hospital staff safety and hospital workers compensation.

Loss-control consultant

References a loss control consultant uses will include the Occupational Safety and Health Act regulations, the National Fire Protection Association's fire codes, codes of the American National Standards Institute, local and regional building codes, Federal regulations referencing commercial drivers and similar regulated trades and National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for Workers Compensation information.

Lump sum

In 1911, American union leaders including Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor expressed opposition to lump sums being awarded their members pursuant to a new workers compensation law, saying that when they received lump sums rather than periodic payments the risk of them squandering the money was greater.

Manitoba Liberal Party

The Norris Liberals introduced temperance laws, votes for women, workers compensation, and the minimum wage.

Raphael Davis

On April 2012, Davis was arrested at his home in Lomita, California by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's investigators for suspicion of fraudulent claims of workers' compensation from December 2008 to May 2011, while competing in seven professional mixed martial arts matches during this time.

SCIF

State Compensation Insurance Fund, a California government-owned workers' compensation insurer

Workers' Memorial Day

The Canadian Labour Congress declared an annual day of remembrance in 1985 on April 28, which is the anniversary of a comprehensive Workers Compensation Act (refer to the entry Workplace Safety & Insurance Board), passed in 1914.

Worksafe

WorkSafeBC, the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia