Rating: Impairment Rating. SEE THIS VIDEO to learn more about impairment ratings.
Rejection of Coverage: A form filed an executive officer of a business that the officer chooses to be excluded from coverage from workers compensation. Executive officers are a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer or other officer, elected or appointed in accordance with the charter and bylaws of a corporation and (ii) the Manager elected or appointed in accordance with the articles of organization or operating agreement of a limited liability company.
Executive officer does not include persons with the title of director, LLC member or chairman.
An officer may exclude himself or herself from coverage for injury or death by accident, but not for occupational disease.
A Rejection of Coverage filing is commonly performed in order to reduce the insurance premium on the business workers ‘compensation insurance policy. Many executive officers have alternative coverage.
Request for Hearing: On the claim for benefits form, when you properly fill out part B of the form, and you attach the appropriate medical documentation, and then file it with the Commission, this is going to start the process to head your claim either toward an agreement or hearing.
Request for Review: “An appeal to the Commissioners to review and reconsider a decision made by a Deputy Commissioner.” This is usually done in the form of a few paragraphs and is merely the paper which sets the Appeal to the Full Commission in motion.
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