Workers' Compensation Boards and Related Agencies
Links to the official Web sites of Federal and state workers'
compensation boards, bureaus, commissions, courts, offices
or similarly-named, related agencies are listed below. As
indicated, workers' compensation boards go by various names.
The most common are listed below.
- Workers' Compensation Board
- Workers' Compensation Bureau
- workers' Compensation Commission
- Workers' Compensation Office
Facts about Workers' Compensation Boards
Each workers' compensation board is a government agency
that administers worker's
compensation benefits.
Some states have workers' compensation courts, which are
dedicated to enforcing worker's
compensation laws and regulations,
and conducting appeals hearings.
In other states, workers' compensation boards, commissions
or administrative
law judges are typically responsible for same.
Workers' compensation boards are typically divisions of labor
departments or other employment-related agencies.
For example, what some might call the California Workers'
Compensation Board is a division of the Department of Industrial
Relations, which is the state labor department. Consequently,
the California workers' compensation board is officially
named the California
Division of Workers' Compensation.
Employers! Looking for
information about complying with workers' compensation
laws and regulations? See the information provided by the U.S.
Department of Labor for Federal programs. Click the
appropriate state workers' compensation links below for
information about state programs.
Federal Workers' Compensation Board
The Office
of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), a division
of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment Standards
Administration (ESA), is the so-called Federal workers'
compensation board. It administers workers' compensation
benefits for energy, longshore, harbor, coal mine and Federal
Government workers, through the four divisions listed below.
Collectively, the divisions enforce and administer the following
Federal workers' compensation Acts and
related programs, regulations and laws.
- Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act
- Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
- Black Lung Benefits Reform Act
- Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
The OWCP
Web site is the place to research the Acts and find
forms for claiming benefits under the Acts, if your employer
does not provide the forms. You may also obtain forms through
a regional
or district office, as well as filing an appeal.
State Workers' Compensation Boards, Bureaus, Commissions,
Courts and Offices
State workers' compensation boards (bureaus commissions,
offices or similarly-named agencies) administer benefits
for private-sector employees,
and those who work for and state and local governments.
The Web site of the state workers' compensation board or
similarly-named agency for the state in which you work is
the place to file a claim for workers'
compensation benefits, if it has online facilities for
such. Many do. But, regardless of whether or not they offer
online claim filing, all of the Web sites provide instructions,
links or contact information for filing claims by other means.
The Web sites of state workers' compensation agencies are
also good places to research state-specific workers' compensation
benefits, eligibility requirements, appeals procedures, laws
and employer compliance requirements.
Not every state workers' compensation agency has its own
Web site. In fact, a few states don't even have workers'
compensation boards or commissions per se. Consequently,
this section links to the closest Web sites for such states.
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