Level: Intermediate
Why you need this course:
After completing this course, you’ll be able to analyze a workers compensation claim and determine whether the injured worker is covered.
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Given a case, determine the employment status of a given worker.
- Describe the elements of an employment relationship.
- Describe the following special employment relationships:
- Statutory employees
- Lent employees
- Joint and dual employments
- Identify situations or employments that are typically excluded from workers compensation insurance.
- Describe the noninsurance ways in which employers can transfer the workers compensation loss exposure.
- Given a case, determine whether the injury is covered by workers compensation insurance.
- Describe the compensability requirements of “accidental” or “by accident” for a claim for workers compensation benefits.
- Describe the workers compensation coverage for injuries that are not accidental.
- Identify the injuries typically covered and not covered by workers compensation statutes.
- Given a case, determine whether the employment and injury are covered by workers compensation statutes.
- Describe the “arising out of” requirement of the statutory standard for workers compensation compensability, including:
- The “increased risk“ principle
- The “but for“ principle
- Describe the “in the course of“ requirement of the statutory standard for workers compensation compensability, including:
- The elements of an injury’s relationship to work
- The activities that are not work-related but that might give rise to compensable injury
- Describe the statutory standard exceptions for workers compensation compensability, including:
- Willful misconduct and safety rule violations
- Intoxication
- Self-inflicted injury
- Given a case, determine whether an injury arises out of and in the course of employment.
Cost: $20 per Professional Development Hour (PDH). Information on Professional Development Hours (PDH) provided can be found here.
Compensability in Workers Compensation Topics Include:
- Determining employment status
- Elements of an employment relationship
- Special employment relationships
- Situations or employments that are typically excluded
- Noninsurance ways to transfer the workers compensation loss exposure
- Determining if the injury is covered
- Compensability requirements of by accident claims
- Coverage for injuries that are not accidental
- Injuries typically covered and not covered
- Determining if the employment and injury are covered
- “Arising out of“ requirement of the statutory standard for compensability
- “In the course of“ requirement of the statutory standard for compensability
- Statutory standard exceptions for compensability
- Determining if an injury arises out of and in the course of employment
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