36-29-7
Section 36-29-7 Payment of employer's contribution; coverage for dependents; changes to contributions; withholding of employee's contribution; State Employees' Insurance Fund. (a) The board is hereby authorized to provide under the provisions of this chapter that the employer's contribution to the cost of such plan for coverage of the employee and retiree shall be paid by the employer. (b) Each employee and retiree shall be entitled to have his or her spouse and dependent children, as defined by the rules and regulations of the board, included in the coverage provided upon agreeing to pay the employee's contribution of the health insurance premium for such dependents. The board shall adopt regulations governing the discontinuance and resumption by such employees and retirees of coverage for dependents. (c) Subject to Section 36-29-19.3, any further changes in employee or retiree contribution to the health insurance premium or other out-of-pocket expenses including, but not limited to,...
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25-5-10
Section 25-5-10 Liabilities of persons engaged in schemes, etc., to avoid liability to workers. (a) A person who creates or carries into operation any fraudulent scheme, artifice, or device to execute work without being responsible to the worker for the benefits provided by this chapter shall be included in the term "employer" and shall be subject to all the liabilities of employers under this chapter. (b) When compensation is claimed from or proceedings taken against a person under subsection (a) of this section, the compensation shall be calculated with reference to the wage the worker was receiving from the person by whom he or she was immediately employed at the time of the injury. (c) The employer shall not be liable or required to pay compensation for injuries due to the acts or omissions of third persons not at the time in the service of the employer nor engaged in the work in which the injury occurs, except as provided in Section 25-5-11. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923,...
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25-5-14
Section 25-5-14 Legislative findings and intent as to actions filed by injured employee against officers, etc., of same employer. The Legislature finds that actions filed on behalf of injured employees against officers, directors, agents, servants, or employees of the same employer seeking to recover damages in excess of amounts received or receivable from the employer under the workers' compensation statutes of this state and predicated upon claimed negligent or wanton conduct resulting in injuries arising out of and in the course of employment are contrary to the intent of the Legislature in adopting a comprehensive workers' compensation scheme and are producing a debilitating and adverse effect upon efforts to retain existing, and to attract new industry to this state. Specifically, the existence of such causes of action places this state at a serious disadvantage in comparison to the existing laws of other states with whom this state competes in seeking to attract and retain...
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11-26-3
Section 11-26-3 Compensation group to establish trustees, bylaws, schedules, etc.; powers generally. Each workers' compensation self-insurance group established under the provisions of this chapter shall have the power and authority to establish a governing body of trustees; establish bylaws for the governing of such group; establish a schedule of benefits payable which are consistent with applicable state and federal laws; establish a schedule of charges to be collected from member counties for benefits provided which are consistent with applicable state and federal laws; enter into contracts with solvent insurance companies authorized to do business in this state; enter into management and consultant contracts; hire attorneys and employees; and exercise such other power and authority incident to the purposes of this chapter. (Acts 1981, No. 81-265, p. 348, §3.)...
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25-5-335
Section 25-5-335 Types of tests; procedures for specimen collection and testing; laboratory; confirmation of tests. (a) An employer is required to conduct the following types of tests in order to qualify for the workers' compensation insurance premium discounts provided under this article: (1) An employer shall require job applicants to submit to a substance abuse test after extending an offer of employment. Limited testing of job applicants by an employer shall qualify under this article if the testing is conducted on the basis of reasonable classifications of job positions. (2) An employer shall require an employee to submit to reasonable suspicion testing. (3) An employer shall require an employee to submit to a substance abuse test if the test is conducted as part of a routinely scheduled employee fitness-for-duty medical examination that is part of the employer's established policy or that is scheduled routinely for all members of an employment classification or group. (4) If the...
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11-26-1
Section 11-26-1 Workers' compensation group authorized; counties as qualified self-insurers. Any county or group of counties, either individually or collectively, may establish a workers' compensation self-insurance group for the purpose of providing workers' compensation benefits for county officials and county employees. Member counties may appropriate such funds as necessary to the workers' compensation self-insurance group to provide such workers' compensation benefits. Member counties shall by the terms of this chapter be qualified as self-insurers under Title 25, Chapter 5, as amended generally and Section 25-5-9, specifically and such workers' compensation group shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 25-5-1 through 25-5-231, as amended. (Acts 1981, No. 81-265, p. 348, §1.)...
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25-5-56
Section 25-5-56 Settlements between parties. The interested parties may settle all matters of benefits, whether involving compensation, medical payments, or rehabilitation, and all questions arising under this article and Article 4 of this chapter between themselves, and every settlement shall be in an amount the same as the amounts or benefits stipulated in this article. No settlement for an amount less than the amounts or benefits stipulated in this article shall be valid for any purpose, unless a judge of the court where the claim for compensation under this chapter is entitled to be made, or upon the written consent of the parties, a judge of the court determines that it is for the best interest of the employee or the employee's dependent to accept a lesser sum and approves the settlement. The court shall not approve any settlement unless and until it has first made inquiry into the bona fides of a claimant's claim and the liability of the defendant; and if deemed advisable, the...
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36-29A-3
Section 36-29A-3 Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund. There is hereby established a separate special trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund. All receipts collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in this fund and used only to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Any funds unspent and unencumbered at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund in the State Treasury but shall be carried forward to the succeeding fiscal year. All funds in the Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund may be invested and reinvested by the Director of Finance, through the Division of Risk Management, under the same terms as apply to the State Insurance Fund. There is hereby appropriated from the Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund such amounts as are necessary to pay claims, benefits, administrative costs, and all other costs of the program. (Acts 1994, No. 94-680, p. 1308, §3.)...
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12-5-7
Section 12-5-7 Entitlement to insurance, retirement and other state employees' benefits of officers, employees, etc., of Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management. The officers, officials and employees of the Administrative Office of Courts and Department of Court Management shall be entitled to insurance, retirement and other state employees' benefits regardless of whether they are not under the State Merit System or employed in whole or in part by grant funds; provided, that for retirement purposes the state shall contribute only on the funds paid by the state, and such salaries as are paid by the state shall be the only amounts included in their average final compensation unless additional employer costs are appropriated from the grant funds. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §11-103.)...
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25-5-51
Section 25-5-51 Right to compensation for injuries or death; grounds for denial of compensation. If an employer is subject to this article, compensation, according to the schedules hereinafter contained, shall be paid by the employer, or those conducting the business during bankruptcy or insolvency, in every case of personal injury or death of his or her employee caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, without regard to any question of negligence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no compensation shall be allowed for an injury or death caused by the willful misconduct of the employee, by the employee's intention to bring about the injury or death of himself or herself or of another, his or her willful failure or willful refusal to use safety appliances provided by the employer or by an accident due to the injured employee being intoxicated from the use of alcohol or being impaired by illegal drugs. A positive drug test conducted and evaluated...
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