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United States — North Carolina
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Widow, widower, and children are treated as dependents and may receive death benefits; other dependents are handled based on the facts and dependency rules.
United States — North Carolina
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Section 97-4 is repealed.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission manages the Second Injury Fund, can assess employers or their insurers to finance it, and must pay fund money only for the listed second-injury and related disability purposes.
United States — North Carolina
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If a deceased employee leaves no dependents, compensation is commuted to present value and paid in a lump sum to next of kin; if there are no dependents, next of kin, or partial dependents, the employer must pay burial expenses up to $10,000.
United States — North Carolina
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This section was repealed.
United States — North Carolina
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Certain unemployment benefits may be deducted from workers’ compensation awards, but not for G.S. 97-31 permanent partial or other permanent injury benefits.
United States — North Carolina
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An employer may deduct certain disability-related payments from compensation if the payments were not due when made and the Commission approves.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission may authorize compensation to be paid monthly or quarterly instead of weekly.
United States — North Carolina
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The Commission may allow weekly payments to be replaced by a lump sum in unusual cases, and it may do so for certain minors with permanent disabling injuries.
United States — North Carolina
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If an insurance carrier withdraws from doing business in the state while still owing workers’ compensation liability, the Insurance Commissioner must notify the North Carolina Industrial Commission, which must issue and docket an award and pursue collection for the injured employee(s).
United States — North Carolina
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If the Industrial Commission thinks it is appropriate, the employer must pay a lump sum to a court-appointed trustee for the beneficiary's benefit.
United States — North Carolina
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The employee’s right to further indemnity and medical compensation ends two years after the employer’s last qualifying payment, unless the employee files a claim for further compensation with the Commission before that time.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission may review an award for change in condition and may change compensation, but it must send the parties a copy of the award and cannot review after the stated time limits.
United States — North Carolina
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Receipts signed by a widow/widower, adult person, or certain minor employees can discharge the employer from compensation payments.
United States — North Carolina
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A guardian, trustee, or committee may claim and exercise an injured employee’s right or privilege if the employee is mentally incompetent or under 18 when the right accrues.
United States — North Carolina
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This section creates a rebuttable presumption that certain taxicab operators are independent contractors, not employees.
United States — North Carolina
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Employment contracts covered by this Article are presumed to continue, and later-made contracts are presumed to be subject to this Article.
United States — North Carolina
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A time limit in this Article does not run against a mentally incompetent person or a minor dependent if they have no guardian, trustee, or committee.
United States — North Carolina
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If a covered employee is jointly employed by two or more covered employers when injured, those employers must pay compensation in proportion to their wage liability.
United States — North Carolina
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An employee’s disablement or death from an occupational disease is treated like an injury by accident under the Workers’ Compensation Act, with a limited exception for certain asbestosis or silicosis claims.