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Employee Misconduct

Fault in Workers' Compensation

Generally, workers' compensation is a no-fault system that provides an employee with benefits for work-related injuries and illnesses without reference to an employee's negligent...

Injury From Usual Exertion or Exposure Concept

Defining Unusual "Injury From Usual Exertion or Exposure" Concept

Many states hinge compensability of an injury on whether it occurred "by accident." One method of characterizing an injury as...

Self-employment

An individual is considered "self-employed" if he operates a trade, business, or profession either by himself or as a partner. The self-employed person must report his earnings for Social Security by filing his federal income tax return. If his...

Knowledge of Injury Imputed to Employer

When an employer has actual knowledge of an employee's injury and its possible connection to the employee's work, most courts will excuse the employee's failure to timely give notice of the injury. Sometimes, however, such knowledge will be...

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Effect of Drug and Alcohol Dependence on a Claimant's SSI and SSDI benefits

The definition of "disability" is the same for both Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security...