Accessing Workers' Compensation Insurance for Consumer-Employed Personal Assistance Service Workers: Issues, Challenges and Promising Practices

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Accessing Workers' Compensation Insurance for Consumer-Employed Personal Assistance Service Workers: Issues, Challenges and Promising Practices

Wed, 09/04/2013 - 00:04
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Summary
First illustrating the US workers’ compensation system, this article continues to detail worker’s compensation programs and how they function. A historical overview and the basic objective of worker’s compensation laws are also reviewed. The article ends with a discussion of issues, challenges, and promising practices.
Article Author
Flanagan, M.P.H., Susan A.
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workers’ compensation; workers’ compensation insurance; consumer employed personal assistance service workers; workers’ compensation laws; how workers' compensation programs work; insurance markets that provide workers' compensation insurance; employment classification systems; workers’ compensation rates and premiums; promising practices

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Elizabeth
Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
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elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
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