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Workers' Compensation for Employers

Do you need workers’ compensation insurance for your business? Learn about your responsibilities as an employer.

If you are an employer in Massachusetts, you need to have workers’ compensation insurance for your employees. Learn how and when to report an injury to your insurance carrier and the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA). You can also find out how to appeal a first violation notice and pay fines. And you can learn what happens if you don’t have workers’ compensation insurance.

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Top tasks

Quick Start Guide to WC Insurance Requirements for Massachusetts Employers  Do I need workers' compensation coverage?  Report a work-related injury  Log into your DIA account  Contact the Department of Industrial Accidents  DIA Forms 

All other tasks

Apply for a DIA online account  Request Email Notices  Form 153: Request an exemption from workers' compensation coverage  Pay Civil Fines/Stop Work Orders (SWO)   Appeal a workers' compensation first report violation notice  How to file a First Report of Injury (Form 101)  Department of Industrial Accidents Guides and Brochures  How and where to get workers' compensation insurance  DIA Office of Self Insurance 

What you need to know

When a work-related injury needs to be reported  Workers' Compensation Insurance Rates and Codes  Mandatory notice to employees poster  Ways to reduce workers' compensation insurance costs  Workers' Compensation Insurance Requirements  Who is covered by workers' compensation insurance  Frequently Asked Questions by Employers  The steps in the dispute resolution process  Stop Work Orders - Office of Investigations 

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