§ 97-42.1 – Credit for unemployment benefits.
97-42.1. Credit for unemployment benefits. If an injured employee has received unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law for any week with respect to which he is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total or permanent and total disability, the employment benefits paid for such weeks may be deducted from the award to be […]
§ 97-43 – Commission may prescribe monthly or quarterly payments.
97-43. Commission may prescribe monthly or quarterly payments. The Industrial Commission, upon application of either party, may, in its discretion, having regard to the welfare of the employee and the convenience of the employer, authorize compensation to be paid monthly or quarterly instead of weekly. (1929, c. 120, s. 43.)
§ 97-44 – Lump sums.
97-44. Lump sums. Whenever any weekly payment has been continued for not less than six weeks, the liability therefor may, in unusual cases, where the Industrial Commission deems it to be to the best interest of the employee or his dependents, or where it will prevent undue hardships on the employer or his insurance carrier, […]
§ 97-45 – Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State.
97-45. Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State. Upon the withdrawal of any insurance carrier from doing business in the State that has any outstanding liability under the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Insurance Commissioner shall immediately notify the North Carolina Industrial Commission, and thereupon the said North Carolina Industrial Commission shall […]
§ 97-46 – Lump sum payments to trustee; receipt to discharge employer.
97-46. Lump sum payments to trustee; receipt to discharge employer. Whenever the Industrial Commission deems it expedient any lump sum, subject to the provisions of G.S. 97-44, shall be paid by the employer to some suitable person or corporation appointed by the superior court in the county wherein the accident occurred, as trustee, to administer […]
§ 97-47 – Change of condition; modification of award.
97-47. Change of condition; modification of award. Upon its own motion or upon the application of any party in interest on the grounds of a change in condition, the Industrial Commission may review any award, and on such review may make an award ending, diminishing, or increasing the compensation previously awarded, subject to the maximum […]
§ 97-47.1 – Payment without prejudice; limitations period.
97-47.1. Payment without prejudice; limitations period. When the employer has paid compensation without prejudice but timely contested liability as provided in G.S. 97-18(d), the right, if any, to further indemnity compensation and medical compensation shall terminate two years after the employer’s last payment of medical or indemnity compensation, whichever last occurs, unless the employee files […]
§ 97-48 – Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer.
97-48. Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer. (a) Whenever payment of compensation is made to a widow or widower for her or his use, or for her or his use and the use of the child or children, the written receipt thereof of such […]
§ 97-49 – Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc.
97-49. Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc. If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is under 18 years of age at the time when any right or privilege accrues to him under this Article, his guardian, trustee or committee may in his behalf claim […]
§ 97-40.1 – Second Injury Fund.
97-40.1. Second Injury Fund. (a) There is hereby created a fund to be known as the "Second Injury Fund," to be held and disbursed by the Industrial Commission as hereinafter provided. For the purpose of providing money for said fund the Industrial Commission may assess against the employer or its insurance carrier the payment of […]