To successfully qualify for and obtain workers' compensation benefits, an injured individual must generally satisfy three fundamental statutory requirements. First, the claimant must be recognized as a legal employee under state or national statutory definitions rather than an independent contractor. Second, the individual must have sustained a personal injury or occupational disease. Third, the injury or illness must satisfy the "arising out of and in the course of employment" standard, meaning it happened while performing job-related duties.
1 votes
Marked as accepted