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Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Sourcebook & Citator

Essential sources for workers' compensation practice

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  • Product Number: 2130345EBK
  • Publication Date: 11/8/2023
  • Edition: 2024 Edition
  • Copyright: © 2023 MCLE, Inc.
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    The Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Law Sourcebook and Citator is an absolutely essential desk reference, packed with both federal and state primary law sources you need close at hand when appearing before the Department of Industrial Accidents—on either side of the counsel table. The sourcebook contains the full text of Chapter 152, related statutes and pertinent sections of the state code, the text of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, and other key laws that address disability, access, privacy, discrimination. The editor and reviewer have also selected useful practice guides published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on injury, employer's issues, lump sum calculations, and vocational rehabilitation. Featured are guides for calculating awards for loss of function and disfigurement, a guide to using the Disability Management System (DMS), forms for every transaction at the Department of Industrial Accidents, as well as helpful sources for Section 15 petitions for third-party settlements. You'll also find the text of several landmark decisions that every workers' compensation practitioner should be familiar with Scheffler's Case , Commonwealth v. Lanigan , Hunter v. Midwest Coast Transport , Sciarotta v. Bowen , and Jose Ruiz's Case ; along with citations and summaries of recent decisions.

    Recent updates:

    • Update: November 2023

      Dear Subscriber:

      Thank you for acquiring this 2024 edition of the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Sourcebook & Citator . Inside, please find updates including the following:

      • Parental leave. In part 2, find recent updates to MCAD guidelines pertaining to the Massachusetts Parental Leave Act, formerly called Maternity Leave Act, I IV. Included is a chart comparing payments under the MPLA (state), FMLA (federal), and PFML (state).
      • Circular Letters and Notices. In part 5, find DIA Circular Letter No. 359, pertaining to Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) Payment and Reimbursement Schedules & Requests; Maximum and Minimum Weekly Compensation Rates; Attorneys' Fee Schedule.
      • Dispute resolution. Also in part 5, find Administrative Bulletin 13 Dispute Resolution Process, and Administrative Bulletin 14 DIA Form 116b Amendment To Lump Sum Agreement Revision.
      • Independent contractors. In part 6, find Muniz v. Rxo Last Mile, Inc., Civil Action 4:18-11905-TSH (D. Mass. Aug. 21, 2023).
      • Forms Updates. In part 7, find updated versions of forms, including a Health Care Complaint Form, a new Process for Submitting Insurer Request Certification, a Joint Pre-hearing Memorandum, Section 15 Interactive Petition Version 2.81, and more.
      • Case digest. In part 10, find new Reviewing Board decisions on issues including purely emotional injury, insurer's due process, Section 34 benefits, utilization review, and more.

      These are just a few of the many updates included in the 2024 edition of this publication. We trust that you will find it to be useful in your workers' compensation practice, and valuable in maintaining your reference library.

      Cordially,

      MCLE Press

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    Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents

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    Selected Massachusetts and Federal Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines

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    Practice Guides

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    Guidelines for Disfigurement and Loss-of-Function Under G.L. c. 152, ยง 36

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    Circular Letters and Notices

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    Key Massachusetts Decisions

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    Department of Industrial Accidents Forms

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    (Reserved for future use.)

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    The Medicare Secondary Payer Act

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    Case Digest

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  • Editors & Authors

    Editor(s)

    Deborah G. Kohl, Esq., Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl, Fall River

    Reviewer(s)

    Hon. Tamara L. Ricciardone, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
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