157 – Application of Article to Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Law or the Volunteer Ambulance Workers’ Benefit Law.
§ 157. Application of article to volunteer firefighters’ benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers’ benefit law. The following terms used in this article, unless inconsistent with the volunteer firefighters’ benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers’ benefit law, are hereby enlarged as follows: 1. “Employer” includes any political subdivision liable for benefits pursuant to […]
150-A – Secretary as Agent for Service of Process on Non-Resident Non-Insured Employers; Method and Effect of Service.
§ 150-a. Secretary as agent for service of process on non-resident non-insured employers; method and effect of service. Any non-insured employer, not a resident of this state or any resident non-insured employer who becomes a non-resident of this state after the occurrence of any injury to an employee, who shall employ or who shall have […]
151 – Assessments for Annual Expenses.
§ 151. Assessments for annual expenses. 1. The annual expenses necessary for the board to administer the provisions of this chapter, the volunteer ambulance workers’ benefit law, the volunteer firefighters’ benefit law, the disability benefits law, and the workmen’s compensation act for civil defense volunteers shall be borne by affected employers securing compensation for their […]
152 – Administrative Regulations.
§ 152. Administrative regulations. The chairman of the board may make, amend and repeal regulations for the administration of the board and its employees. Such regulations shall not be deemed rules within the meaning of this chapter or of the labor law unless the context of such regulations otherwise requires. The chairman may by order […]
153 – Annual Report.
§ 153. Annual report. The board shall on or before the first day of February in each year make an annual report in writing to the governor, stating in detail the work it has done in hearing and deciding cases and otherwise.
154 – Construction of Article.
§ 154. Construction of article. This article shall be construed as a continuation of those parts of article two of chapter thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred nine, entitled “An act relating to labor, constituting chapter thirty-one of the consolidated laws,” as amended by chapter fifty of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and […]
155 – Saving Clause.
§ 155. Saving clause. This article shall not affect pending actions, civil or criminal, brought by or against the department of labor, the industrial commissioner or the industrial board, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and with the same effect as if this article had not been passed, by […]
156 – Separability.
§ 156. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgments shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this article, and the application thereof to […]
142 – General Powers and Duties of the Workmen’s Compensation Board.
§ 142. General powers and duties of the workmen’s compensation board. 1. The workmen’s compensation board shall have power to hear and determine all claims for compensation or benefits or relating to special funds created under the provisions of this chapter, in the manner provided by this chapter; to require medical service for injured employees […]
143 – Maintenance of Records.
§ 143. Maintenance of records. 1. The board is authorized and empowered to use electronic means in accordance with section three hundred five of the state technology law to record and maintain public records, papers, documents or matters required by law to be recorded. Such records shall be capable of being copied, photographed, or microphotographed […]