176.161 ALIEN DEPENDENTS. Subdivision 1. Residing outside United States. In case a deceased employee for whose injury or death compensation is payable leaves surviving an alien dependent residing outside the United States the commissioner shall direct the payment of all compensation due the dependent to be made to the duly accredited consular officer of the […]
176.165 LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS. The amounts of compensation payable periodically may be commuted to one or more lump-sum payments only by order of the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry, compensation judge, or Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals in cases upon appeal, and on such terms and conditions as the commissioner of the Department […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
