§ 601. Definitions Unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases used in this chapter shall be construed as follows: (1) “Brother” and “sister” includes a stepbrother and stepsister, half-brother and half-sister, and a brother and sister by adoption, but does not include a married brother or a married sister unless dependent. (2) “Child” includes […]
§ 602. Process and procedure (a) All process and procedure under the provisions of this chapter shall be as summary and simple as reasonably may be. The Commissioner may make rules not inconsistent with such provisions for carrying out the same and shall cause to be printed and furnished, free of charge, to any employer […]
§ 603. Witnesses, oaths, books, papers, records (a) So far as it is necessary in his or her examinations and investigations and in the determination of matters within his or her jurisdiction, the Commissioner shall have power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and to demand the production of books, papers, records, and documents for his […]
§ 604. Manner of trying causes; evidence The Commissioner shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedure except as provided in this chapter, but he or she may make such investigation or inquiry or conduct such hearing or trial in such manner as […]
§ 605. Testimony of person without the State, how taken Upon the application of a party in a cause pending before him or her and on such notice to the adverse party or his or her attorney as he or she thinks reasonable, the Commissioner may issue a commission to a person designated by the […]
§ 606. Determination of questions Questions arising under the provisions of this chapter, if not settled by agreement of the parties interested therein with the approval of the Commissioner, shall be determined, except as otherwise provided, by the Commissioner.
§ 607. Decisions; enforcement; appeals The decisions of the Commissioner shall be enforceable by the Superior Court under the provisions of section 675 of this title. From such a decision an appeal shall lie in the same manner as other appeals from the Commissioner. However, in no case shall such an appeal operate as a […]
§ 608. Application of chapter when State not an employer The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed so as to make the State an employer where it only renders State aid to a municipality or approves of its plans or supervisors.
§ 610. Election by State as employer The provisions of this chapter relating to the State as an employer shall be deemed to be an election by the State where an election is required by the provisions of this chapter.
§ 616. Employments covered (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and other provisions of this chapter, this chapter shall apply to all employment in this State, and where provided, to employment outside of the State. (b) This chapter does not apply to employment in any case where the laws of the United States […]
§ 618. Compensation for personal injury (a)(1) If a worker receives a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment by an employer subject to this chapter, the employer or the insurance carrier shall pay compensation in the amounts and to the person hereinafter specified. The compensation of a person […]
§ 619. Injuries outside State If a worker who has been hired in this State receives personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of such employment, he or she shall be entitled to compensation according to the law of this State even though such injury was received outside this State. (Amended […]
§ 620. Worker hired outside State If a worker who has been hired outside this State is injured while engaged in his or her employer’s business and is entitled to compensation for such injury under the law of the state where he or she was hired, he or she shall be entitled to enforce against […]
§ 621. Interstate commerce The provisions of this chapter shall affect the liability of employers to employees engaged in interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise only so far as the same is permissible under the laws of the United States.
§ 622. Right to compensation exclusive Except as provided in subsection 618(b) and section 624 of this title, the rights and remedies granted by the provisions of this chapter to an employee on account of a personal injury for which he or she is entitled to compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall exclude […]
§ 623. Contracts to work outside State Employers who hire workers within this State to work outside the State may agree with such workers that the remedies under the provisions of this chapter shall be exclusive as regards injuries received outside this State by accident arising out of and in the course of such employment. […]
§ 624. Dual liability; claims, settlement procedure (a) Where the injury for which compensation is payable under the provisions of this chapter was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability to pay the resulting damages in some person other than the employer, the acceptance of compensation benefits or the commencement of proceedings to enforce compensation […]
§ 625. Contracting out forbidden An employer shall not be relieved in whole or in part from liability created by the provisions of this chapter by any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever. (Amended 1963, No. 134, § 1, eff. June 6, 1963.)
§ 632. Compensation to dependents; burial and funeral expenses If death results from the injury, the employer shall pay to the persons entitled to compensation or, if there are none, then to the personal representative of the deceased employee, the actual burial and funeral expenses not to exceed $10,000.00 and the actual expenses for out-of-state […]
§ 633. Apportionment of compensation The Commissioner shall, from time to time, apportion such compensation between any and all dependents named in section 632 of this title in such manner as he or she deems best and in making such apportionment he or she shall, insofar as it is possible, apportion such sum so that […]
