When you’ve been hurt on the job in the United States, you typically file for workers’ compensation benefits under the applicable state workers’ compensation law or under FECA (the Federal Employee Compensation Act). But what
If you have been injured as an employee in the U.S. defense industry or for a company providing goods or services to the armed forces of our country, you may have a right to seek
With the U.S. military presence around the globe, there are literally thousands of individuals who work as civilians on those installations. As a general rule, when you suffer an injury as a civilian employee of
Federal Employees and Maritime Injuries Under federal law, maritime workers who are not sailors or seamen can seek workers’ compensation benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), a federal statute passed into
Citing a decline in the actual payouts for workers injured on the waterfront, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NNCI), which works with all the major insurance companies selling workers’ compensation insurance, has asked for
If you are injured as a maritime worker in the United States, your right to workers’ compensation is found in the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). In fact, some of the benefits under
To meet the situs requirement, your injury must have occurred either on a ship/boat/vessel, or somewhere where boats or watercraft are docked. This could be a wharf, dock, pier or terminal—injuries at or near any
Division of Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Injury Benefits If you have suffered an injury or illness while working on the navigable waters of the United States, or in any area that adjoins the navigable
If you are employed in the maritime industry, working on or adjacent to the navigable waters of the United States, you have a right to seek compensation for work-related injuries under the provisions of the
Congress enacted the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act in 1927, providing workers’ compensation benefits to people who work in the maritime industry on or adjacent to the navigable waters of the United States. The
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