BU414 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Incubation Period, Vocational Rehabilitation, Unemployment Benefits
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Worker"s compensation is a form of insurance governed by an act of parliament to help workers who are injured on the job return to work. Worker"s comp ensures that an injured worker receives: Collective liability where all employers in a class or other rate group are liable for the costs of any or all accidents and occupational diseases that occur in the operations of those employers. Still uses the following principles that were set forth in 1914: Compensation for workers regardless of the financial condition of the employer. A non-adversarial process: little or no resource to the courts. Administered by members of the workers" compensation board, who are appointed by the lieutenant governor in council. Regulations and responsibilities of the workers" compensation boards are as follows: if the. The injured worker will receive payment while off work and will have all medical bills paid injury happened at work and because of work.
