Tag: Second Injury Fund

• Workers' Compensation

  Second Injury Fund – Denied for Lack of Knowledge

  • November 12, 2019
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  The Louisiana Second Injury Fund is designed to protect those employers that hire an employee with a pre-existing permanent partial disability in the event the employee is subsequently injured on the job. The protection afforded to an employer is provided in the form of a reimbursement if, and only if, the employer can satisfy strict […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  Second Injury Fund: When You Can Ask for an Employee’s Medical History

  • November 12, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Much to the surprise of companies who do not regularly work in Louisiana, and even a few that do, you can inquire into a new employee’s medical background in Louisiana.  But, as with everything else in the law, it is never as easy as it first sounds. Second Injury Fund Provides Employers Reimbursements for Workers’ […]

• Workers' Compensation

  2013 Legislative Update: Changes to Louisiana Workers Compensation

  • October 15, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Louisiana Workers Compensation Changes Again, Less Than a Year After Substantial Reform In this summer’s session, the Louisiana Legislature made numerous changes to the Workers’ Compensation laws.  Businesses and employers should be sure to work closely with counsel to ensure they are in compliance with the new laws.  Some of these changes include: Act No. […]