39-A §604. False reports
§604. False reports Compensation is not payable for an occupational disease if the employee who was employed on January 1, 1946 or who, at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be payable, falsely represents in writing that the employee has not previously been disabled, laid […]
39-A §905. Notice of injury; requisites; sufficiency; limitation of actions
§905. Notice of injury; requisites; sufficiency; limitation of actions An action for the recovery of damages for injury or death under sections 901 to 904 may not be maintained unless notice of the time, place and cause of the injury is given to the employer within 60 days and the action is commenced within one […]
39-A §605. Aggravation of occupational disease
§605. Aggravation of occupational disease When an occupational disease is aggravated by any other disease or infirmity not itself compensable, or death or incapacity from any other cause not itself compensable is aggravated, prolonged, accelerated or in any way contributed to by an occupational disease, the compensation payable must be reduced and limited to the […]
39-A §606. Date from which compensation is computed; employer liable
§606. Date from which compensation is computed; employer liable The date when an employee becomes incapacitated by an occupational disease from performing the employee’s work in the last occupation in which the employee was injuriously exposed to the hazards of the occupational disease is the date of the injury equivalent to the date of injury […]
39-A §361. Payment to the Workers’ Compensation Board Administrative Fund; enforcement
§361. Payment to the Workers’ Compensation Board Administrative Fund; enforcement 1. Payment. All penalties assessed under this Act are payable to the Workers’ Compensation Board Administrative Fund, unless otherwise provided by law. Upon certification by the board that certain amounts in the Workers’ Compensation Board Administrative Fund attributable to penalties assessed pursuant to this Act […]
39-A §401. Liability of employer
§401. Liability of employer 1. Private employers. Every private employer, including an independent contractor who hires and pays employees, is subject to this Act and shall secure the payment of compensation with respect to all employees by purchasing a workers’ compensation policy or self-insuring as set forth in section 403. Unless employed by a private […]
39-A §402. Prepayment of premium
§402. Prepayment of premium An insurance company that issues workers’ compensation insurance policies may not require prepayment of premium more than 1/4 year in advance. [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 […]
39-A §403. Insurance by assenting employer; requirements as to self-insurers
§403. Insurance by assenting employer; requirements as to self-insurers An employer subject to this Act shall secure compensation and other benefits to the employer’s employees in one or more of the ways described in this section. The failure of any employer subject to this Act to procure insurance coverage for the payment of compensation and […]
39-A §404. Maine Self-Insurance Guarantee Association
§404. Maine Self-Insurance Guarantee Association 1. Created; purpose. There is created the Maine Self-Insurance Guarantee Association, a nonprofit unincorporated legal entity referred to in this section as the “association,” to provide mechanisms for the payment of covered claims under self-insurance coverage, to avoid excessive delay in payment, to avoid financial loss to claimants because of […]
39-A §405. Voluntary election
§405. Voluntary election Any private employer, any of whose employees are exempt from this Act, may become subject to this Act with respect to the employer’s employees and the act of the employer in securing the payment of compensation to such employee or class of employees in conformity with sections 401 to 407 constitutes the […]