What Creates a Compensable Work Comp Injury or Illness

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Workers' compensation responds only when the employee for which the employer is responsible suffers an "occupational" injury or "occupational" disease. But what makes an injury or illness "occupational"? This is the question answered in this session. 

To be "occupational" the injury or illness must meet three tests. The three-prong test is the focus of this session.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives

• Learn what makes an injury occupational and thus compensable
• Gain a better understanding of how workers' compensation responds when workers travel as part of their job, potentially working in other states
• Learn where there are "gray" areas in the quest to prove the injury is occupational
• Better understand when an illness is considered "occupational"

Major Subjects

• Occupational and compensable injuries
• Workers traveling to other states
• "Gray" areas int occupational injuries
• "Occupational" illness