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33 U.S.C. § 904 — Liability for compensation

submitted 99 years ago by ch. 509 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 108 words · no verdicts yet

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Employers must secure and pay specified employee compensation. A subcontractor’s contractor is responsible only if the subcontractor fails to secure payment, and compensation does not depend on fault.

(a) Every employer is responsible for securing and paying the compensation payable under sections 907, 908, and 909. If the employer is a subcontractor, the contractor is responsible for securing and paying that compensation only when the subcontractor fails to secure it. A subcontractor has not failed to secure payment if the contractor provided insurance for the compensation for the subcontractor’s benefit. (b) Compensation must be paid whether or not anyone was at fault for the injury.
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(a)

Every employer shall be liable for and shall secure the payment to his employees of the compensation payable under sections 907, 908, and 909 of this title. In the case of an employer who is a subcontractor, only if such subcontractor fails to secure the payment of compensation shall the contractor be liable for and be required to secure the payment of compensation. A subcontractor shall not be deemed to have failed to secure the payment of compensation if the contractor has provided insurance for such compensation for the benefit of the subcontractor.

(b)

Compensation shall be payable irrespective of fault as a cause for the injury.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 4, 44 Stat. 1426; Pub. L. 98–426, § 4(a), Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1641.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1927Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509 · 44 Stat. 1426
  • 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-426 · 98 Stat. 1641

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 509 on 1927-03-04.

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