Amendments and Extensions to The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act

welcome to my Channel please like comment and subscribe amendments and extension to the lhwca the status and Status actually disqualify some types of Maritime workers who will be left vulnerables to the expenses of injury or illness if not covered by some types of law or Workers Compensation Program to make sure all Maritime workers get some kind of protection in the even of a workplace injury or this the lhwca was amended a few times to include extensions of conflict by these three laws the outer Continental self plan is the UC csla is an extension to the lswca that expand the law to cover workers on offshore facilities as long as they are working on the outer Continental self of the U.S this category includes people working on oil rings and natural gas Wells and will work on the outer Continental self for exploration of oil and gas they can qualify as a semen or Harbor Walkers so this low profiles protections and then the defense space x with this extension civilian employers working with offices military bases get corporate for workers competitions these workers are civilians do not work for the Department of Defense and are typically outside contractor the first tricks us to other Maritime workers and so this ex-insurance that they get compensation if injured [Music] the non-appropriate it's fun instrumentalist is extension covers the types of worker who go offer system in some way boss the moral of troops surfing in active duty they are not members of the armored forces but my work for post exchanges social clubs or recreational facilities used by deployed military the lhwca is an important piece of legislation because it provides Maritime workers who are not semen those contributing to the smooth functioning of the maritime industry with a Worker's Compensation Program without this level this worker will have access only to stake workers competitions with typically profile less coverings because the Mary team industry is often dangerous and the work is risk more students many other industry it is important to profiles this worker with a way to get adequate composition for medical bills and other expenses if you have been injured in a maritime setting as a long servant or other types of Harbor workers you may qualify for lswca competitions you may get temporary competitions to cover medical expenses or lose wages in the event that you lose your life on the job or because of an injury or illness your family will get financial benefits under this law to find out if you qualify and so that you understand all the rights to which you are intelligence find a qualified and experienced Maritime lawyer to be on your site to what do you talk the process and to be your Advocate against your employers Insurance Company with gradients and expertise you stand the best chance of getting all the compensation you deserve and then next about the citus test the second test to determine qualifications under the lhwca is the c2's test which is a test of location of Maritime work as someone working in the hubbers OR dogs you may qualify under the status test but if you can't make this criteria of the cetus test you won't qualify for the lhwce the cetus test states that you must work on near or adjacent to navigable Waters this means that your work must be conducted either on a ship or very close it's most worker doing meritims work on dogs on beer or worthless in terminal or in other areas used for buildings repairings three kings are loadings or unloadings or ships meet the qualification for the citus that's because this kind of work is typically done near the ship docks in the area an exception may be if you work on a ship or parts of a ship that are kept in another location far from the harbor area of course in the Press on near our ejection to navigables Waters the thumbnail is figure rather than specifics cprs and harbors can be very large place and a qualified Maritime worker made actually be far from the Water by any standard definition of distance while still doing qualified work best on profused cards cases the general quaideline instead one meal in the status limits if you are doing Maritime works but it is a meal of more from the water on the boundary of a shipyards or other similar workings area you probably won't pass the situ's test thank you for watching this article don't forget give like comment and subscribe

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