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Section 42-9-5. Basis for award. - Any award made pursuant to this title must be based...
Section 42-9-10. Amount of compensation for total disability; what constitutes total disability. - (A) When the incapacity for work resulting from an injury...
Section 42-9-20. Amount of compensation for partial disability. - Except as otherwise provided in Section 42-9-30, when the incapacity...
Section 42-9-30. Schedule of period of disability and compensation. - In cases included in the following schedule, the disability in...
Section 42-9-35. Evidence of preexisting injury or condition. - (A) The employee shall establish by a preponderance of the...
Section 42-9-40. Compensation for hernia. - In all claims for compensation for hernia or rupture, resulting...
Section 42-9-60. Injury or death occasioned by intoxication or wilful intention of employee; burden of proof. - No compensation shall be payable if the injury or death...
Section 42-9-90. Increase in compensation which is not paid when due. - If any installment of compensation payable in accordance with the...
Section 42-9-110. Persons conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent. - A surviving spouse or a child shall be conclusively presumed...
Section 42-9-120. Determination and requirements of other cases of dependency. - In all other cases questions of dependency, in whole or...
Section 42-9-130. Division of death benefit when there is more than one dependent. - If there is more than one person wholly dependent, the...
Section 42-9-140. Payment when deceased employee leaves no dependents or partial dependents. - (A) If the deceased employee leaves no dependents, the employer...
Section 42-9-150. Employees with permanent disability or injury from service in Armed Forces or previous employment; entitlement to compensation; additional benefits. - If an employee has a permanent disability or has sustained...
Section 42-9-160. Amount of compensation for employee injured while drawing compensation for previous disability in same employment. - If an employee receives an injury for which compensation is...
Section 42-9-170. Permanent injury after sustaining another permanent injury in same employment; entitlement to compensation; extension of period of payment. - (A) If an employee receives a permanent injury as specified...
Section 42-9-190. No compensation to injured employee refusing suitable employment. - If an injured employee refuses employment procured for him suitable...
Section 42-9-200. Dates on which compensation commences. - No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven calendar...
Section 42-9-210. Deduction from compensation of payments made by employer when not due and payable. - Any payments made by an employer to an injured employee...
Section 42-9-220. Manner in which compensation paid. - Compensation under this title shall be paid periodically, promptly and...
Section 42-9-230. Date on which compensation payable under agreement becomes due. - The first installment of compensation payable under the terms of...
Section 42-9-240. Date on which compensation payable under award becomes due. - The first installment of compensation payable under the terms of...
Section 42-9-250. Payment of compensation monthly or quarterly authorized. - The commission, upon application of either party, may in its...
Section 42-9-260. Notice to commission when payments have begun; suspension or termination of payments. - (A) When an employee has been out of work due...
Section 42-9-270. Notice of final payment; penalty for failure to give notice. - Within sixteen days after final payment of compensation has been...
Section 42-9-280. Payment of unpaid balance of compensation when employee dies. - When an employee receives or is entitled to compensation under...
Section 42-9-290. Amount of compensation for death of employee due to accident. - (A) If death results proximately from an accident and within...
Section 42-9-301. Lump-sum payments. - Whenever any weekly payment has been continued for not less...
Section 42-9-310. Trustees may administer lump-sum settlements. - Whenever the commission considers it expedient, any lump sum subject...
Section 42-9-320. Persons who may receive and receipt for payments; discharge of liability of employer on receipt. - Whenever payment of compensation is made to a surviving spouse...
Section 42-9-330. Exercise of rights for incompetent or infant employees. - If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is under...
Section 42-9-340. Effect of payment in good faith to junior dependents. - Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith...
Section 42-9-350. Payment of compensation of employee working for several employers at time of injury. - Whenever an employee for whose injury or death compensation is...
Section 42-9-360. Assignments of compensation; exemptions from claims of creditors and taxes. - (A) No claim for compensation under this title shall be...
Section 42-9-370. Preferences or priorities of rights of compensation. - All rights of compensation granted by this title shall have...
Section 42-9-390. Voluntary settlements. - Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed so as...
Section 42-9-400. Reimbursement from Second Injury Fund when disability substantially greater or caused by aggravation of preexisting impairment. - (a) If an employee who has a permanent physical impairment...
Section 42-9-410. Reimbursement from Second Injury Fund for employee who becomes totally and permanently disabled in a subsequent injury; notice of preexisting permanent impairment. - (a) When an employee shall become totally and permanently disabled...
Section 42-9-430. Workers' compensation benefits. - Whenever a dispute arises between two or more parties as...
Section 42-9-440. Suspected false statements or misrepresentations to be reported to Insurance Fraud Division of Office of Attorney General. - The commission shall report all cases of suspected false statement...
Section 42-9-450. Employer's representatives to pay by check or electronic payment systems. - An employer's representative shall make payment of compensation by means...