| In this life, accidents are always
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| | employees or those workers employed in
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| omnipresent. Everyone has their share of
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| | most major aspect of interstate business.
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| accidents in the span of their lifetime.
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| | Categories of Workers' Compensation Act,
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| Especially for employees, everyday there
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| | passed by Congress:
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| is a possibility of getting into an
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| | 1. FELA - Federal Employment Liability
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| accident or catching a work-related
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| | Act
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| illness as result of an accident.
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| | 2. Black Lung Benefit Act
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| What can we do, getting into accidents is
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| | 3. Federal Jones Act
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| an unpleasant and unfortunate fact of
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| | 4. LHWCA - Longshore and Harbor Worker
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| life.
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| | Compensation Act
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| Even during times when we believe we had
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| | Meanwhile, the Federal Employment
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| done everything possible to prevent an
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| | Compensation Act gives provision for
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| accident from happening, there are
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| | compensation of non-military and federal
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| factors that we cannot control.
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| | employees. Many of the conditions
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| The workplace of an employee is among the
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| | included in this act are characteristic
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| prime area where accidents can happen.
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| | of most of the laws regarding worker
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| There are many policies for upholding the
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| | compensation.
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| safety and security in a workplace. There
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| | The damage payments are restricted only
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| are federal and state policies passed in
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| | to death or disability suffered during
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| order to keep the workplace safe and
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| | the employee's performance of his or her
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| secure enough for employees. There are
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| | duties but not due to the intention of
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| even government agencies created to look
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| | the employee or because of intoxication.
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| into the compliance of health and safety
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| | The act provides the funding of medical
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| by the employer.
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| | expenses for the employee with disability
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| By principle, the employers should comply
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| | with requirement for job retraining by
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| with these policies. If ever an accident
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| | the employee, if needed.
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| occurred and an employee is injured, the
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| | Furthermore, during the disability, the
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| brunt of liability is always on the
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| | employee may receive some two thirds of
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| employer.
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| | his or her regular salary each month. The
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| There are compensation laws that ensure
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| | compensation may be more if the injuries
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| employees who are injured or disabled
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| | sustained are permanent or if the
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| while at work to be provided with payment
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| | employee has dependents.
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| for damages. Likewise, there are also
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| | Likewise, the act also provides
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| benefits for the dependents of workers
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| | compensation for the survivors of
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| who are killed because of accidents in
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| | employees that are killed. The agency
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| the workplace or work-related illness.
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| | administering this act is the Office of
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| These kinds of benefit aim to mitigate
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| | Workers' Compensation Programs.
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| the implications of an accident that
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| | An example of an all-inclusive state's
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| happen to an employee, somehow.
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| | compensation program is the state of
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| The Workers Compensation claim is a law
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| | California's Workers Compensation Act. It
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| that provides preset monetary awards for
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| | can benefit employers because its statute
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| an injured employee. This eliminates the
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| | limits the employer's and fellow
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| process of litigation.
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| | employees' liability.
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| Meanwhile, there are also laws protecting
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| | The California statutes of workers
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| employers and co-employees because it
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| | compensation further necessitates the
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| limits the amount an employee can claim
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| | employers to get insurance, which will
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| for damages. There are laws that
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| | encompass claims of employees for
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| eliminate the legal responsibility of
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| | compensation.
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| fellow employees in case of accidents to
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| | It is said that prevention is better than
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| a co-worker. The statutes in the State
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| | cure. Nevertheless, there can also be
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| Workers Compensation established this
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| | ways to make the cure a little better.
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| framework for most employment.
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| | This could be the guiding principle of
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| There are also federal statutes for
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| | Workers Compensation claims.
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| employment that covers only federal
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