Section 176.245 — Receipts For Payment Of Compensation, Filing.
176.245 RECEIPTS FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION, FILING. An employer shall promptly file with the division receipts for payment of compensation as may be required by the rules of the division. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall periodically check its records to determine whether these receipts have been promptly filed, and if […]
Section 176.251 — Duties Of Commissioner Of Department Of Labor And Industry.
176.251 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall actually supervise and require prompt and full compliance with all provisions of this chapter relating to the payment of compensation. History: 1953 c 755 s 36; 1973 c 388 s 81
Section 176.195 — Revocation Of Insurer’s License.
176.195 REVOCATION OF INSURER’S LICENSE. Subdivision 1. Grounds. Where an insurer, or an agent of an insurer, has been guilty of fraud, misrepresentation, or culpable, persistent, and unreasonable delay in making payments or settlements under this chapter, the commissioner of commerce shall revoke the license of the insurer to write workers’ compensation insurance. Subd. 1a. […]
Section 176.171 — Payment To Trustee.
176.171 PAYMENT TO TRUSTEE. At any time after the amount of any award or commutation is finally determined, a sum equal to the present value of all future installments of the compensation, calculated on a five percent basis, where death or the nature of the injury renders the amount of future payments certain, may be […]
Section 176.175 — Right To Compensation, Award.
176.175 RIGHT TO COMPENSATION, AWARD. Subdivision 1. Preferred claim. The right to compensation and all compensation awarded any injured employee or for death claims to dependents have the same preference against the assets of the employer as unpaid wages for labor. This compensation does not become a lien on the property of third persons by […]
Section 176.221 — Payment Of Compensation And Treatment Charges, Commencement.
176.221 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION AND TREATMENT CHARGES, COMMENCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Commencement of payment. Within 14 days of notice to or knowledge by the employer of an injury compensable under this chapter the payment of temporary total compensation shall commence. Within 14 days of notice to or knowledge by an employer of a new period of […]
Section 176.222 — Report On Collection And Assessment Of Fines And Penalties.
176.222 REPORT ON COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF FINES AND PENALTIES. The commissioner shall annually, by January 30, submit a report to the legislature detailing the assessment and collection of fines and penalties under this chapter on a fiscal year basis for the immediately preceding fiscal year and for as many prior years as the data […]
Section 176.223 — Prompt First Action Report.
176.223 PROMPT FIRST ACTION REPORT. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “insurer” means a workers’ compensation insurer licensed in Minnesota and a self-insured employer approved to self-insure by the commissioner of commerce; (2) “prompt first action” means that an insurer commenced payment of wage loss benefits, or filed a denial of liability for an […]
Section 176.225 — Additional Award As Penalty.
176.225 ADDITIONAL AWARD AS PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Grounds. Upon reasonable notice and hearing or opportunity to be heard, the commissioner, a compensation judge, or upon appeal, the court of appeals or the supreme court shall award compensation, in addition to the total amount of compensation award, of up to 30 percent of that total amount […]
Section 176.178 — Fraud.
176.178 FRAUD. Subdivision 1. Intent. Any person who, with intent to defraud, receives workers’ compensation benefits to which the person is not entitled by knowingly misrepresenting, misstating, or failing to disclose any material fact is guilty of theft and shall be sentenced pursuant to section 609.52, subdivision 3. Subd. 2. Forms. The text of subdivision […]