The Workers' Compensation Division is responsible for the administration
of the Alabama Workers' Compensation Law to ensure proper payment
of benefits to employees injured on the job and encourage safety
in the work place. The main function of the Division is to ensure
proper payment of compensation benefits along with necessary medical
attention to employees injured on the job or their dependents in
case of death. Information and services are also provided to claimants,
employers, insurance companies, attorneys, judges, legislators,
labor and management groups, government agencies and other parties.
The Division also administers the rules and regulations for individual
self-insurers and group self-insurers. Major activities include
compliance inspections, safety promotion, auditing and enforcing
claims payments and settlements, compiling injury and cost statistics,
mediating disputes, and establishing and regulating cost containment
standards. (more information)
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