Workers Compensation Board Law and Legal Definition
Workers compensation board is an agency of the government that reviews disputes arising under the worker’s compensation statutes. The rules and regulations made in relation to the worker’s compensation statutes are administered by the board. The board is also referred as the workers compensation commission. The functions of board include:
to settle the disputes relating to right to and the amount of compensation;
to supervise voluntary settlements or agreements;
to collect and administer compensation funds;
to supervise and regulate matters relating to compensation insurance.
In Vance v. Twin River Homes, 641 So. 2d 1176 (Miss. 1994), the court observed that “The findings and order of the Workers' Compensation Commission (WCC) are binding on the appellate court so long as they are supported by substantial evidence. This is so, even though the evidence would convince the appellate court otherwise, were it the fact-finder. The appellate court will reverse an order of the WCC only where such order is clearly erroneous and contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence.”Legal Definition list
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