Is Compensation for Workplace Injuries Adequate?
Contributing Organization(s): W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Author(s)/Creator(s): H. Allan Hunt
Publishing Date: 2002-01-01
Issue Areas: Employment and Labor; Disability Issues
Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2002 W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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Access Note: This article appears in the Upjohn Institute's newsletter "Employment Research."
The issue of the adequacy of compensation for workers who are disabled by their employment generates great controversy. State-regulated workers' compensation programs provide wage replacement (or "wage-loss") benefits to workers while off work due to a workrelated disability, as well as medical treatment and rehabilitation services to assist such workers in returning to work. Since employers apparently pay the costs of workers' compensation programs and workers apparently derive the benefits, the situation is ripe for misunderstanding and hyperbole. Nevertheless, policymakers must make such judgments when they set benefit schedules under workers' compensation statutes.
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Access Note: This article appears in the Upjohn Institute's newsletter "Employment Research."
Intended Audience: Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers
Type/Format: Policy Brief
Language code: English
Type/Format: Policy Brief
Language code: English
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