Employee-employer relationships regarding workers’ compensation are complicated by the IRS, industrial commissions, the courts and state statute. Each has its own definition or applies a different test to define “employee.” Certain “employment” situations and arrangements are exempt from the requirements …

Second (or subsequent) injury funds (SIFs) have been abolished in 20 states. Alabama and Maine began this movement in 1992, with South Carolina being the most recent convert; each ending its respective program in 2013. Further, the American Insurance Association …

Injuries or illnesses established as compensable under applicable workers’ compensation law require prescribed benefits be paid to the injured employee. Benefit limits and duration vary by jurisdiction but each state provides essentially the same three “classes” of benefits: Medical benefits; …

Eighteenth century pirates and a nineteenth century German “Iron” Chancellor preceded the United States in the creation of a social system for the protection of injured workers. The modern workers’ compensation system owes parts of its existence to this unique …

Upper tier contractors seek to avoid the financial costs that can arise out of bodily injury or property damage to a third party caused by a lower tier (subcontractor) for which they (the upper tier) could be held vicariously liable. …