Manual  Frequently Asked Questions by Employers

Table of Contents

• First Reports of Injury/Illness/Death
  • Form 101 - First Report of Injury
• Assessments and Modifications
  • Workers' compensation assessments
  • Experience modification rate
• Types of Employers
  • Out-of-State employers doing work in Massachusetts
  • Corporate Officers and Sole Proprietors
  • Family businesses and workers' compensation coverage
• Who can be considered an employee?
  • Who is an employee
  • Independent contractors
• Employer Rights and Responsibilities
  • Employer rights under workers' compensation
  • Paying the injured worker's medical bills
  • Making employees aware of workers' compensation coverage
  • An employee uses employer's facilities for personal work and gets hurt
  • Keeping a job for someone out on workers' compensation
  • Where and how to get a workers' compensation policy