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11 Cards in this Set
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Workers Compensation |
Laws give employees the right to collect from their employers for injury, disability, or death that occurs in the course of employment. |
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Assumption of Risk |
Allowed the employer to deny liability on the basis that the employee knew what the situation was like before employment and assumed all the risk of injury. |
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Contributory Negligence |
Was used to deny liability on the basis that, no matter how negligent the employer was, the employee also had been negligent, and therefor the employee should be responsible for the consequences. |
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Fellow Servant Rule |
Used to deny liability on the basis that the injury was caused by a fellow employee and, therefor the employer could not be held liable. |
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Disability/loss of income benefits |
Compensate employees who are unable to work as the result of a work related injury. These benefits are intended to replace a portion of lost income, but not all of it. |
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Medical Benifets |
Pay for the cost of various types of medical services required because of an employment related injury. Nearly any type of related medical expense is covered with neither an upper dollar limit nor a limit on the period of time for which expense will be paid. |
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Survivor/death benefits |
Compensate a surviving spouse, children, or other relatives of an employee whose death results from a work-related injury. In general, survivor benefits include a weekly benefit and a stipulated amount for funeral and burial expenses. |
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Rehabilitation Benefits |
Include medical rehabilitation, such as physical therapy designed to improve physical functioning, and vocational rehabilitation, such as retraining for a different occupation. |
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Types of Disability |
Permanent total Permanent partial Temporary total Temporary partial |
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Industry disabled |
refers to the individuals loss of earnings |
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Medically Disabled |
Refers to the physical condition that affects functioning. |
