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A Look At China’s Workers’ Compensation System

Global People Strategist

· Who Is Covered Under the System Chinese employees, from enterprises to law firms , are protected by the Regulation on Work-related Injury Insurance. Benefits Provided by China’s Workers’ Compensation System Wouldn’t it be nice to know that your hard work is being rewarded in the event of an accident?

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Delaware Employer Need Not Pay for Claimant’s Opioids More than 9 Years After Accident

The Workcomp Writer

The Supreme Court said the employer’s evidence—which included the fact that the claimant had failed to advise physicians of her illegal marijuana use—was sufficient to withstand the claimant’s motion to dismiss before the Superior Court. Background. Additional Hearing: Possible Marijuana Use. Recommendation Gradual Withdrawal of Medication.

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Failure to Disclose Prior Work-Related Injuries Proves Fatal for NY Worker’s Claim for Continued Benefits

The Workcomp Writer

Following independent medical examinations and the depositions of various providers, the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier raised the issue of a N.Y. Claimant further testified that he did not think that he needed to mention the prior injuries or awards because they were already in the workers’ compensation system.

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Mental Injuries: Workers’ Compensation and Disability Insurance Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Where short and long term disability (STD and LTD) insurance or social security disability insurance plans (SSDI in the US) are available, they are often accessed before (or instead of) filing a workers’ compensation claim. Unlike in the US SSDI, I could find no data isolating just those who had also filed workers’ compensation claims.

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Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Occupational Exposure to Cellphone Radiation

Workers' Compensation

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION REMEDY Some state workers’ compensation acts, including New Jersey, recognize radiation exposure as an occupational disease and afford injured workers and their dependents a remedy. Timely notice and the workers’ compensation claim filing must be satisfied under statutory requirements. 350 N.J.Super.

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Are workers’ compensation laws keeping up with changing demographics?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Extracting provincial data from the same series, British Columbia has seen a massive shift in the employment of workers age 65 and older: The monthly unadjusted BC employment rate of 65- to 69-year-olds now routinely exceeds 35% More than a third of males (36.2% of males aged 65 to 69 are employed (Q1 2022) vs. 29.5% in (Q1 2002).

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NJ Supreme Court Enhances Workplace Safety and Adopts an Updated Standard for Medical Causation

Workers' Compensation

An asbestos manufacturer or supplier that places inadequate warnings on asbestos bags used in the workplace has a duty to warn the worker, regardless of whether it provides the employer with the correct information, which is reasonably intended to reach its employees. 34:15-7 to -35.22.” Adequate warnings provide workers with a choice.

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