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Summary: The Benefits Of Workers Compensation Insurance

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All of us, at least once in a lifetime had tried to find a job that meets our requirement because jobs are the main source of income, and no one can live without income and money in this world. However, is a good salary only benefit that a company should offer us? According to the law of the United States, companies are required to provide some benefits to their employees. Thus, if they do not provide these type of benefit, their companies might get closed. The type of benefits that we all as an employee are required to have are Workers Compensation, Disability Insurance (some states), Leave Benefit, Family and Medical leave, Social Security Tax paid by the employer, and the right to get time off to do civic duties. (Entrepreneur) Also there …show more content…

The Compensation insurance is a type of protection giving compensation substitution and health benefits to the workers that got harmed or injured during the job in the return of neglecting employees’ rights to sue the companies. (Required Employee Benefits). Anyone living in the states of California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island have the right to get a disability insurance from their employers under the law. This law states that the companies that are hiring employees are required to “provide partial wage replacement insurance coverage to their eligible employees for non-work related sickness or injury.” (United States Department of Labor). One of the only leave benefit that is required by law is the right to leave for a jury duty. However, because of the competition between the companies, all the employees are expected to have the right to have holiday or vacation leave, or getting 1.5 times more than a normal day, personal leave, sick leave, and bereavement leave (Required Employee Benefits). However, under the law, employers must provide leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or in short

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