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