A Practical Guide to Workers' Compensation in Rhode Island
Administrative procedures simplified
- Product Number: 2120368EBK
- Publication Date: 9/13/2023
- Edition: 2nd Edition 2023
- Copyright: © 2023 MCLE, Inc.
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Product Description
Product Description
A Practical Guide to Workers' Compensation in Rhode Island is your step-by-step guide to the intricacies of practice in the workers' compensation arena. A valuable resource for practitioners who represent injured employees as well as those who represent employers, this manual will help answer a multitude of questions: Is your employee-client eligible for workers' compensation? Is his or her injury covered? What documents must employer's counsel exchange with employee's counsel before trial before the Workers' Compensation Court? How does workers' compensation interact with other state and federal laws that provide benefits to injured persons?
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Update: September 2023
Dear Subscriber:
Thank you for choosing to stay current in workers' compensation law by adding this revised edition to your law library or personal reference materials. Inside, you will find new material on a myriad of topics, including the following:
- Prison inmates. See chapter 1 for a practice note and controlling law relative to workers' compensation's availability to incarcerated individuals.
- Street perils. See chapter 2 for a discussion of Rhode Island's recognition of certain "street perils" as actual risks of employment that allow compensation when employees have been injured while using public roadways in connection with their employment.
- Voluntary leave or retirement. See chapter 3 for a discussion of an injured employee's potential argument that an absurd or inequitable result would occur if an injured worker were un-fairly denied weekly benefits.
- Wage replacement for loss of earning capacity. See chapter 4 for a hypothetical regarding an employer's obligation to pay partial compensation benefits. The chapter also addresses overtime.
- Vocational rehabilitation. See chapter 5 for a discussion of the Arrigan Center's Work Readiness Pro-gram.
- Filing a petition. Chapter 7 sets forth the four different types of petitions an employee's coun-sel needs to file on their client's behalf.
- Representing the employee. See chapter 9 for an updated memorandum of agreement.
We at MCLE trust that you will find this new material useful in your law practice and valuable in keeping your workers' compensation law library current.
Cordially,
MCLE Press
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Update: September 2023
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
expand allChapter 01 expandEmployees and Employers Covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act
Buy ChapterChapter 02 expandCovered Injuries
Buy ChapterChapter 03 expandDefining Disability
Buy ChapterChapter 04 expandIndemnity and Medical Benefits
Buy ChapterExhibit 4A
- Form DWC-50, Itemized Statement of Compensation Buy FormExhibit 4B
- Maximum Weekly Compensation Rates Buy FormExhibit 4C
- Cost of Living Rate Increases Buy FormExhibit 4D
- Form DWC-03P, Wage Statements, Tips, and Purpose Buy FormExhibit 4E
- Full-Time Wage Statement Example Buy FormExhibit 4F
- Form DWC-40, Request for Additional Palliative Care Buy FormChapter 05 expandOther Benefits—Rehabilitation, Specific Compensation, and Reinstatement
Buy ChapterChapter 06 expandReduction and Discontinuance of Benefits
Buy ChapterChapter 07 expandPractice and Procedure Before the Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court: Employee’s Perspective
Buy ChapterExhibit 7A
- Notice of Contest Buy FormChapter 08 expandPractice and Procedure Before the Workers’ Compensation Court: Employer’s Perspective
Buy ChapterChapter 09 expandRepresenting the Employee from Initial Intake to Trial and Appeal
Buy ChapterChapter 10 expandRepresenting the Employer from Report of Claim to Trial and Appeal
Buy ChapterChapter 11 expandThird-Party Claims
Buy ChapterChapter 12 expandThe Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act—Comparison and Interaction with the Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Act
Buy ChapterChapter 13 expandInteraction Between Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Benefits
Buy ChapterChapter 14 expandInteraction Between the Workers’ Compensation Act and Other Disability and Employment Benefit Laws
Buy ChapterChapter 15 expandView from the Bench
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