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The New York Disability Benefits Law (DBL) is article 9 of the Workers' Compensation Law (which is itself chapter 67 of the Consolidated Laws of New York) and creates a state disability insurance program designed to provide employees with some level of income replacement in case of disability caused off-the-job.
In 2014, a New York grand jury made recommendations on measures to combat clients misreporting the categorization of their workers to illegally lower their premiums. [6] In 2016, part of NYSIF's Manhattan office was displaced by a new New York State Police office. [7]
On May 18, 1987, Governor Mario Cuomo nominated Patton as Chairwoman of the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. [4] She was confirmed by the State Senate in January 1988, [5] and remained in office until 1994. [6] Afterwards she was a Vice President of Nynex, and took part in the company's merger with Bell Atlantic in 1997.
In January 1942, for the duration of World War II, the President of the United States absorbed the New York State Employment Service into the National Manpower Program. In 1944, New York State’s Minimum Wage Law was amended to include men. In 1945, the NYS Industrial Board was replaced by the Workmen’s Compensation Board. [44] [45]
In 1917 the issue of due process was resolved by the United States Supreme Court in New York Central Railway Co. v. White which held that an employer's due process rights were not impeded by mandatory workers' compensation. [19] Following this ruling, each state instituted different threshold requirements.
She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1993 to 2005, sitting in the 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th and 196th New York State Legislatures. In April 2005, she was appointed to the New York State Workers Compensation Board. She was Chairwoman of the Board from 2006 [3] to 2007, [4] and remained on the Board until July 2013. [5]
The New York State Workers' Compensation Board's Bureau of Compliance oversees uninsured claims. The Uninsured Employers Fund (UEF) is the funding mechanism for compensation and medical payments to injured employees whose employer was not properly insured at the time of the accident.
Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. The trade-off between assured, limited coverage and lack of ...