Posts tagged Workers Compensation

An Overview of Workers' Compensation in Michigan

Workers’ compensation is a unique area of the law. It’s all governed by the Michigan Workers’ Disability Compensation Act. Prior to 1912, all injuries that occurred on the job were to be treated as a personal injury matter. If you were to get in a car accident, or you were to slip and fall while you’re visiting a store, it was all the same. Back in 1912, everyone had adopted a statute that made it almost automatically a liability on the employer’s perspective, but it really limited the amount in damages that an individual could recover if an injury were to happen on the job.

Human ResourcesMarketing TeamJanuary 23, 2017Human Resources, Workers Compensation, Workers CompComment

A Brief Overview of the Michigan Worker’s Disability Compensation Act

In 1912, the state of Michigan adopted The Worker’s Disability Compensation Act. Worker’s Compensation is designed to provide wage replacement, medical, and rehabilitation benefits to those who are injured while at the workplace. In order to qualify for worker’s compensation, the injury must arise out of and in the course of employment. This can be a bit confusing and is different case by case depending on if the worker is on the job, or traveling to or from the job site. Typically injuries that occur on the way to or from work are not covered under worker’s compensation.

Human ResourcesMarketing TeamApril 20, 2016Workers Compensation, HR, Employment LawComment