{"id":128,"date":"2011-10-26T17:32:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2018-05-08T10:22:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T14:22:33","slug":"workers-compensation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/workers-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers&#8217; Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workers\u2019 compensation is a program administered in West Virginia by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company.\u00a0 Workers\u2019 compensation provides medical treatment and rehabilitative services for individuals who sustain workplace injuries or illnesses.\u00a0 Below are\u00a0 links providing information about workers\u2019 compensation.<\/p>\n<div>\n\n<span style=\"\"><strong>Reporting a Workplace Injury<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<ul>\n<li>To report a workplace injury, you need to complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/files\/HR-SERV-FORM-31.pdf\">Workplace Injury Report Form<\/a>. This form must be <span style=\"\"><strong>completed and submitted within 24 hours of the accident\/injury occurring.<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\n<strong><span style=\"\">Setting up the Benefit Payment Option<\/span><\/strong>\n\n<ul>\n<li>To set up the benefit payment option, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/files\/downloads\/2011\/10\/Disability-Benefit-Payment-Option-Form-Workers-Comp.pdf\">Workers\u2019 Compensation Disability Benefit Payment Option Form<\/a>\u00a0needs to be completed.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"\">This form is to be completed by the employee who is claiming Workers\u2019 Compensation benefits<\/span><\/strong>. West Virginia State Code Section 23-4-1 limits Workers\u2019 Compensation disability benefit payments for time off from work due to a work-related injury or illness to either employer paid sick leave benefits or Workers\u2019 Compensation Temporary Total Disability benefits. Claimants must elect a method of payment. This form <strong><span style=\"\">must be submitted to HR Services within three days of the date of injury<\/span><\/strong>. If the employee is incapacitated or otherwise unable to complete the form, the sick leave option will apply.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers\u2019 compensation is a program administered in West Virginia by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company.\u00a0 Workers\u2019 compensation provides medical treatment and rehabilitative services for individuals who sustain workplace injuries or illnesses.\u00a0 Below are\u00a0 links providing information about workers\u2019 compensation. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-sidebar-right.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}