Here’s What You Need to Know About: Workers Compenstation in Massachusetts

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Description:
  If you are injured or become ill because of your job, you have a right to benefits under a system called "Workers' Compensation." Workers' Compensation is a type of insurance that all Massachusetts employers are required to have for their employees. Who is eligible for Workers' Compensation? 1. Almost all workers are covered by Workers' Compensation. You are covered no matter how many hours you work per week or how your employer pays you. You are covered even if you are paid in cash "under the table.", but you must be able to prove that you were an employee. 2. You are covered even if you are a volunteer or work for no pay, if the injury or illness occurs on the job. 3. You are covered even if you are not a US citizen. You are covered if you are an immigrant worker even if you do not have "papers." 4. If you are in business for yourself ("self-employed") you are covered only if you take out your own Workers' Compensation insurance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Occupational-accidents Occupational-diseases Occupational-health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029805
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusttts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program 2005 Nov; :1-20
• Contact Point Address:
  Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington St., Boston MA 02108
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Surveillance Research Methods
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Here's what you need to know about: workers compenstation in Massachusetts
• End Date:
  20040929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:661bb29a728f95bfc1b032da62b47c50ca81e404c50641cddb64babc8b76b381dfe924e897240bce1515251f7e603302d3bf53d532b13e94fc85d9367e90c5a0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190713/cdc_190713_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.43 MB ]