(a) This chapter shall be cited as the “Workers’ Compensation Law”. (b) The primary purposes of the workers’ compensation laws are to pay timely temporary and permanent disability benefits to all legitimately injured workers who suffer an injury or disease arising out of and in the course of their employment, to pay reasonable and necessary […]
As used in this chapter: (1) “Carrier” means any stock company, mutual company, or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange authorized to write or carry on the business of workers’ compensation insurance in this state. Whenever required by the context, the term “carrier” shall be deemed to include duly qualified self-insureds or self-insured groups; (2) “Child” means […]
(a) Every employer and every employee, unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall be bound thereby. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to conflict with any valid act of Congress governing the liability of employers for injuries received by their employees. (b) […]
If any part of this chapter is adjudged unconstitutional by the courts and the adjudication has the effect of invalidating any payment of compensation under this chapter, the period intervening between the time the injury was sustained and the time of the adjudication shall not be computed as part of the time prescribed by law […]
(a) The rights and remedies granted to an employee subject to the provisions of this chapter, on account of injury or death, shall be exclusive of all other rights and remedies of the employee, his legal representative, dependents, next of kin, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages from the employer, or any principal, officer, […]
(a) (1) (A) Any person or entity who willfully and knowingly makes any material false statement or representation, who willfully and knowingly omits or conceals any material information, or who willfully and knowingly employs any device, scheme, or artifice for the purpose of: (i) Obtaining any benefit or payment; (ii) Defeating or wrongfully increasing or […]
(a) (1) Any employer who willfully discriminates in regard to the hiring or tenure of work or any term or condition of work of any individual on account of the individual’s claim for benefits under this chapter, or who in any manner obstructs or impedes the filing of claims for benefits under this chapter, shall […]
(a) No agreement by an employee to waive his or her right to compensation shall be valid, and no contract, regulation, or device whatsoever shall operate to relieve the employer or carrier, in whole or in part, from any liability created by this chapter, except as specifically provided elsewhere in this chapter. (b) (1) However, […]
(a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of the premium paid by his or her employer to a carrier or to contribute to a safety program as provided under § 11-9-409 or a benefit fund or department maintained by the employer for the purpose of providing compensation or medical services and supplies […]
(a) The right to compensation shall not be assignable and shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, levy, execution, or any other legal process, except for child support obligations and moneys retained by the Division of Correction under § 12-30-406(a)(1). (b) Money compensation to dependents of a deceased employee shall not constitute assets of the […]
(a) Compensation to alien nonresidents of the United States or Canada shall be the same in amount as provided for residents, except that alien nonresident dependents in any foreign country shall be limited to the surviving wife or children or, if there is no surviving wife or children, to the surviving father or mother whom […]
Compensation due an injured employee or his or her dependents shall have the same preference as is allowed by law to an employee for unpaid wages.
(a) (1) A mental injury or illness is not a compensable injury unless it is caused by physical injury to the employee’s body, and shall not be considered an injury arising out of and in the course of employment or compensable unless it is demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence; provided, however, that this […]
(a) A cardiovascular, coronary, pulmonary, respiratory, or cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarction causing injury, illness, or death is a compensable injury only if, in relation to other factors contributing to the physical harm, an accident is the major cause of the physical harm. (b) (1) An injury or disease included in subsection (a) of this […]
(a) (1) At any time an application is made for workers’ compensation, an employer shall require the applicant for compensation to state whether or not the applicant has child support obligations, if the obligations are current or past due, and to whom the obligations are payable. (2) The application shall also include the name of […]
(a) (1) One (1) month before the beginning of any fiscal quarter, the Insurance Commissioner shall provide to the Workers’ Compensation Commission the estimated funding need of the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigation Unit of the State Insurance Department for the ensuing quarter. (2) Such provided certification shall itemize each position to be utilized in the […]
Pursuant to its rulemaking authority, the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall be empowered to enact medical diagnostic and treatment guidelines regarding occupational carpal tunnel syndrome upon the joint recommendation of the Arkansas chapter of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce.
(a) No hospital, physician, or other healthcare provider shall bill or attempt to collect any fee or any portion of a fee for services rendered to an employee due to a work-related injury or report to any credit reporting agency any failure of the employee to make the payment, when a claim for compensation has […]
