Accessing Workers' Compensation Insurance for Consumer-Employed Personal Assistance Service Workers: Issues, Challenges and Promising Practices

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Article Publication Date: 
6/13/2004
Summary: 
First illustrating the US workers’ compensation system, this article continues to detail worker’s compensation programs and how they function. A historical overview and the basic objective of worker’s compensation laws are also reviewed. The article ends with a discussion of issues, challenges, and promising practices.
Article Author: 
Flanagan, M.P.H., Susan A.
Topics: 
Consumer/Participant Direction
Types/Tools: 
Promising practices; Reports; Assessments
Populations: 
N/A
Sources: 
NRCPDS
Programs/Initiatives: 
Cash and Counseling
States: 
All States/Territories; Arizona; Hawaii; Illinois; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New Mexico; North Dakota; Pennsylvania; Washington
Keywords: 
Wages and Benefits
workers’ compensation; workers’ compensation insurance; consumer employed personal assistance service workers; workers’ compensation laws; how workers' compensation programs work; insurance markets that provide workers' compensation insurance; employment classification systems; workers’ compensation rates and premiums; promising practices

Contact

Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
Phone: 
617-552-0562

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52117