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The Lack of Correspondence Between Work-Related Disability and Receipt of Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Emily A. Spieler, John F. Burton Jr. | June, 2012

Background Previous studies suggest that many persons with disabilities caused by work do not receive workers’ compensation benefits. Methods Data from surveys of persons with disabilities were used to estimate the proportion of disability due to work-related injuries and diseases. Studies examining the proportion of workers with work-related disability who received workers’ compensation benefits were … Read More

Black Lung Program: Rising Rates, Troubled Funding

Leslie I. Boden | May, 2022

This Workers’ Compensation Issue Spotlight explains how the federal Black Lung Program provides benefits to workers with a variety of debilitating lung conditions resulting from work in coal mines. The Program is currently deeply in debt, and the proportion of miners developing black lung disease has increased over the past 25 years. This explores the forces driving increases in rates of black … Read More

Major Issues of Workmen’s Compensation Law

C. Arthur Williams, Peter S. Barth | January, 1973

The chapter examines compensability of injuries, including the legal requirement in most states that the disabled worker must have a personal injury by accident that arises out of employment (AOE) and in the course of employment (COE) in order to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. The chapter also discusses compensability of diseases, including the limitations … Read More

United States Workmen’s Compensation Programs: Major Characteristics

C. Arthur Williams, Peter S. Barth | January, 1973

A brief (11 page) overview of workers’ compensation, with short introductions on agencies and courts, coverage of workers and employers, compensability of injuries and diseases, cash benefits, medical benefits, insurance, costs of workers’ compensation programs and safety and health. The overview was prepared in 1972 by the staff of the National Commission on State Workmen’s … Read More