24 – Costs and Fees.
§ 24. Costs and fees. 1. If the court before which any proceedings for compensation or concerning an award of compensation have been brought, under this chapter, determine that such proceedings have not been so brought upon reasonable ground, it shall assess the cost of the proceedings upon the party who has so brought them. […]
24-A – Representation Before the Workers’ Compensation Board.
§ 24-a. Representation before the workers’ compensation board. 1. No person, firm or corporation, other than an attorney and counsellor-at-law, shall appear on behalf of any claimant or person entitled to the benefits of this chapter, before the board or any officer, agent or employee of the board assigned to conduct any hearing, investigation or […]
25 – Compensation, How Payable.
§ 25. Compensation, how payable. 1. When no controversy; penalties: failure to notify of cessation of payment; late payment of installment. (a) The compensation herein provided for shall be paid periodically and promptly in like manner as wages, and as it accrues, and directly to the person entitled thereto without waiting for an award by […]
25-A – Procedure and Payment of Compensation in Certain Claims; Limitation of Right to Compensation.
§ 25-a. Procedure and payment of compensation in certain claims; limitation of right to compensation. 1. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, when an application for compensation is made by an employee or for death benefits in behalf of the dependents of a deceased employee, and the employer has secured the payment of compensation in […]
25-B – Awards to Non-Residents: Non-Resident Compensation Fund.
§ 25-b. Awards to non-residents: Non-resident compensation fund. 1. There is hereby created a fund to be known as the non-resident compensation fund. Whenever an award is made to or on behalf of noncitizen dependents, non-residents of the United States, Canada or Newfoundland, or an award is made to a non-resident citizen of the United […]
26 – Enforcement of Payment in Default.
§ 26. Enforcement of payment in default. In case of default by the employer in the payment of any compensation due under an award for the period of thirty days after payment is due and payable, or in case of failure or refusal by the employer to deposit with the chairman within ten days after […]
26-A – Procedure and Payment of Compensation in Claims Against Uninsured Defaulting Employers.
§ 26-a. Procedure and payment of compensation in claims against uninsured defaulting employers. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when a claim for compensation is filed by an employee, or in case of death by the employee’s dependents, and the employer has failed to secure the payment of compensation in accordance with […]
27 – Depositing Future Payments in the Aggregate Trust Fund.
§ 27. Depositing future payments in the aggregate trust fund. 1. All payments made into the fund pursuant to the provisions of this section shall constitute an indivisible and aggregate trust fund except as hereinafter provided. 2. If an award under this chapter requires payment of death benefits or other compensation by an insurance carrier […]
27-A – Investments in Obligations of Designated Public Benefit Corporations; Indemnifications.
§ 27-a. Investments in obligations of designated public benefit corporations; indemnifications. 1. The aggregate trust fund, and all state officers with responsibility for the custody or investment of such fund or of its assets, are authorized and directed to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to cause such fund to make purchases, in […]
27-B – Amortization of Gains or Losses.
§ 27-b. Amortization of gains or losses. Gains or losses realized by the aggregate trust fund as a result of transactions made pursuant to subdivision two of section twenty-seven-a, or section twenty-seven-c of this chapter, shall be transferred to a special asset account to be known as the deferred charge on account of security transactions […]