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§ 8-41-401(1)(a)(I). Thus, pursuant to this statute a “statutory employer” is an employer who is responsible for paying workers’ compensation benefits. To put this more simply, the business or entity that is contracting out part or all of its work is considered to be the employer to those whom are performing that work, even though they are not directly working for that business. In this situation, the person performing the work is usually employed by a subcontractor. Ordinarily, an independent contractor does not qualify as an employer for workers’ compensation purposes; it is only in the situation involving a statutory employer where workers’ compensation benefits apply. See C.R.S. § 8-40-202 (describing situations in which an individual is free from control and direction in the performance…

their goal. Examples of agencies in the United States include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, and Federal Communications Commission. Agencies are formed by an act of Congress, when they lay out what is called an organic statute that contains the purpose and structure of the agency, the agency then is in charge of implementing the purpose as laid out in the statues. The laws surrounding federal agencies are administrative laws. A statutory law is a law that is…

There are divided into legal, international legal and non legal. For instance, legislations, case law, royal prerogative, European Union(EU) law, constitutional conventions and academic writings. Firstly, legislation as in Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2002] EWHC 195(Admin) also known as ‘Metric Martyrs’ case whereby it was held whether the European Communities Act 1972 had been impliedly repealed or restricted by the Weights and Measures Act 1985, it was suggested by Laws LJ that a…

Laws that control healthcare are from 4 sources; constitutional law, statutory law, regulatory law, and common law. Statutory law is a phrase used to define written laws, generally enacted by legislative body (HG.org n.d.). Congress and state legislatures pass acts and statutes, and municipalities pass ordinances (Neuberger, B. & Shoemaker, C.B. n.d.). These rulings control an extensive variation of human endeavors, and can address a need through programs, requirements, curtailment, or…

Dicey a British jurist and highly influential constitutional theorist. A.V. Dicey in his book Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885) brought out what can be argued as the two main principles of the British constitution, parliamentary sovereignty and rule of law. This principle of parliamentary sovereignty or supremacy makes parliament the supreme law making entity or legal authority in the United Kingdom. The laws made by parliament can not be overruled by the courts and…

Lifestyle statutes are laws that protect an employee 's lawful off-duty conduct. California, Colorado, New York, and North Dakota have lifestyle statutes that protect employees for any lawful activity off-duty. In addition, Connecticut protects employees ' off-duty speech. These statutes vary in their protection and the courts have interpreted these broad off-duty protection statutes differently with little precedent with respect to Facebook. In fact, the Supreme Court indicated that…

Common law is the development of systems and rules to articulate a decision based on precedent, tradition and customs. History has developed, through these techniques, to create an ideology that results in a massive grey area within the words. Laws have and will always be words on a piece of paper, the customs of the laws are unique. These customs, precedents, and traditions have created institutional inequality built into the architecture of law. This relationship is presented by Galanter,…

Paula Price was fired for “whistleblowing” dishonest practice, and is suing her former employer, Automative Research & Testing (ARTI), for violating the whistleblower protection provisions of the Automobile Manufacture Integrity Act of 2014 (AMIA). Price was a contractor for Ford Motor Corporation (FMC). The primary focus of this case is the interpretation of the word “employee” in § 114(a)(1) of the AMIA and whether it includes contractors. Before analyzing the interpretation of the statute…

Officer and enacted upon a vote of the County Council pursuant to Article VII, § 706 of the Howard County Charter. Although the HCGPP is a hybrid between a local government ordinance and an administrative regulation, “[w]hen we construe an agency’s rule or regulation, ‘the principles governing our interpretation of a statute apply.’” Hranicka v. Chesapeake Surgical, Ltd., 443 Md. 289, 298 (2015) (quoting Christopher, supra, 381 Md. at 209). Accordingly, as we set out to construe the HCGPP, our…

rule Berriman a railway worker died hit by a train whilst oiling the tracks. Statute says that compensation payable on death to those relaying or repairing track but nothing about oiling tracks, so the court decided that victims claim could not have compensation as he was not doing anything…