Michigan Compiled Laws 317-1969-3 Chapter 3 Compensation (418.301...418.391)

• Section 418.301 Compensation For Personal Injury Or Death In Course Of Employment; Time Or Date Of Injury; Compensation For Mental Disabilities And Conditions Of Aging Process; Presumption; Injury Incurred In Pursuit Of Social Or Recreational Activity; Definitions; Burden Of Production Of Evidence; Determining Entitlement To Weekly Wage Loss Benefits; Notice To Agency; “reasonable Employment” Defined; Payment Of Benefits To Persons Incarcerated In Penal Institution Or Confined In Mental Institution; Discrimination Prohibited; Personal Injuries And Work Related Diseases To Which Section Applicable.
  (1) An employee, who receives a personal injury arising out of and in the course of employment by an employer who is subject to...
• Section 418.302 "Wage Earning Capacity" Defined.
  As used in chapters 3 and 4, "wage earning capacity" means the wages the employee earns or is capable of earning at a job...
• Section 418.305 Wilful Misconduct Of Employee.
  If the employee is injured by reason of his intentional and wilful misconduct, he shall not receive compensation under the provisions of this act....
• Section 418.311 Compensation Payments; Computations.
  No compensation shall be paid under this act for any injury which does not incapacitate the employee from earning full wages, for a period...
• Section 418.313 “after-tax Average Weekly Wage” Defined; Tables.
  (1) As used in this act, “after-tax average weekly wage” means average weekly wage as defined in section 371 reduced by the prorated weekly...
• Section 418.315 Furnishing Medical Care For Injury Arising Out Of And In Course Of Employment; Optometric Service; Chiropractic Service; Physical Therapy Service; Attendant Or Nursing Care; Selection Of Physician By Employee; Objection; Order; Other Services And Appliances; Proration Of Attorney Fees; Fees And Other Charges Subject To Rules; Advisory Committee; Excessive Fees Or Unjustified Treatment, Hospitalization, Or Visits; Review Of Records And Medical Bills; "Utilization Review" Defined; Effect Of Accepting Payment; Submitting False Or Misleading Information As Misdemeanor; Penalty; Improper Overutilization Or Inappropriate Health Care Or Health Services; Appeal; Criteria Or Standards; Certification; Unusual Health Care Or Service.
  (1) The employer shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to an employee who receives a personal injury arising out of and in the...
• Section 418.315a Medical Marihuana Treatment; Reimbursement By Employer Not Required.
  Notwithstanding the requirements in section 315, an employer is not required to reimburse or cause to be reimbursed charges for medical marihuana treatment. History:...
• Section 418.319 Medical Or Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
  (1) An employee who has suffered an injury covered by this act shall be entitled to prompt medical rehabilitation services. When as a result...
• Section 418.321 Compensation For Death Resulting From Personal Injury.
  If death results from the personal injury of an employee, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, subject to section 375, in...
• Section 418.331 Persons Conclusively Presumed To Be Wholly Dependent For Support Upon Deceased Employee.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a child under the age of 16 years, or 16 years or over if physically or mentally...
• Section 418.335 Cessation Of Payments Upon Remarriage Of Dependent Wife Or Upon Dependent Person Reaching Certain Age; Reinstatement Of Dependency; Persons To Whom Section Applicable.
  (1) Upon the remarriage of a dependent wife receiving compensation, such payments shall cease upon the payment to her of the balance of the...
• Section 418.341 Dependents; Qualifications; Party In Interest.
  Questions as to who constitutes dependents and the extent of their dependency shall be determined as of the date of the injury to the...
• Section 418.345 Death Resulting From Injury; Expense Of Last Sickness, Funeral, And Burial; Payment By Employer; Limitation; Application; Order.
  If death results from the injury, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, the reasonable expense of the employee's last sickness, funeral,...
• Section 418.351 Total Incapacity For Work; Amount And Duration Of Compensation; Limitation On Conclusive Presumption Of Total And Permanent Disability; Determining Question Of Permanent And Total Disability.
  (1) While the incapacity for work resulting from a personal injury is total, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid as provided...
• Section 418.352 Supplement To Weekly Compensation.
  (1) An employee receiving or entitled to receive benefits equal to the maximum payable to that employee under section 351 or the dependent of...
• Section 418.353 Determination Of Dependency.
  (1) For the purposes of sections 351 to 361, dependency shall be determined as follows: (a) A child under the age of 16 years,...
• Section 418.354 Coordination Of Benefits.
  (1) This section applies if either weekly or lump sum payments are made to an employee as a result of liability under section 301(7)...
• Section 418.355 Adjustment Of Maximum Weekly Rate; Computing Supplemental Benefit.
  (1) The maximum weekly rate shall be adjusted once each year in accordance with the increase or decrease in the average weekly wage in...
• Section 418.356 Increase In Benefits After 2 Years Of Continuous Disability; Petition For Hearing; Evidence; Order For Adjustment Of Compensation; Payment; Reimbursement From Second Injury Fund; Minimum Weekly Benefit For Death; Minimum Weekly Benefit For 1 Or More Losses; Total Disability; Exception.
  (1) An injured employee who, at the time of the personal injury, is entitled to a rate of compensation less than 50% of the...
• Section 418.357 Employee 65 Or Older; Reduction Of Weekly Payments; Exception.
  (1) When an employee who is receiving weekly payments or is entitled to weekly payments reaches or has reached or passed the age of...
• Section 418.358 Reduction Of Benefits.
  Net weekly benefits payable under section 351, 361, or lump sum benefits under section 835, shall be reduced by 100% of the amount of...
• Section 418.359 Repealed. 1985, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1985.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to payments for total disability of employees under 25.Popular Name: Act 317Popular Name: Heart and Lung Act
• Section 418.360 Professional Athlete; Weekly Benefits; Condition; Benefits Under Other Provisions; Exemptions.
  (1) A person who suffers an injury arising out of and in the course of employment as a professional athlete is entitled to weekly...
• Section 418.361 Effect Of Imprisonment Or Commission Of Crime; Scheduled Disabilities; Meaning Of Total And Permanent Disability; Limitations; Payment For Loss Of Second Member.
  (1) An employer is not liable for compensation under section 301(7) or (8), 351, 371(1), or 401(5) or (6) for periods of time that...
• Section 418.364 Repealed. 2011, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to biannual study concerning adequacy of weekly benefits.Popular Name: Act 317
• Section 418.371 Weekly Loss In Wages; Average Weekly Wage.
  (1) The weekly loss in wages referred to in this act shall consist of the percentage of the average weekly earnings of the injured...
• Section 418.372 Employee Engaged In More Than 1 Employment At Time Of Personal Injury Or Personal Injury Resulting In Death; Liability; Apportionment Of Weekly Benefits; Exception.
  (1) If an employee was engaged in more than 1 employment at the time of a personal injury or a personal injury resulting in...
• Section 418.373 Employee Receiving Nondisability Pension Or Retirement Benefits, Including Old-age Benefits; Presumption; Other Standards Of Disability Superseded; Medical Benefits Under Mcl 418.315 Not Barred.
  (1) An employee who terminates active employment and is receiving nondisability pension or retirement benefits under either a private or governmental pension or retirement...
• Section 418.375 Death Of Injured Employee; Death Benefits In Lieu Of Further Disability Indemnity.
  (1) The death of the injured employee before the expiration of the period within which he or she would receive weekly payments shall be...
• Section 418.381 Claim For Compensation; Time Limit; Extension Of Time Period; Payment For Nursing Or Attendant Care; Compliance.
  (1) A proceeding for compensation for an injury under this act shall not be maintained unless a claim for compensation for the injury, which...
• Section 418.383 Notice Of Injury; Unintentional Errors; Actual Knowledge.
  A notice of injury or a claim for compensation made under the provisions of this act shall not be held invalid or insufficient by...
• Section 418.385 Physical Examination Of Employee; Payment; Report; Copy; Evidence; Failure Of Party To Provide Medical Report.
  After the employee has given notice of injury and from time to time thereafter during the continuance of his or her disability, if so...
• Section 418.391 Compensation Supplement Fund; Creation; Administration; Appropriation; Rules; Payments; Personnel; Recommendations; Carrying Forward Unexpended Funds; Reduction Of Appropriation; Report; Reimbursement Of Insurers, Self-insurers, Second Injury Fund, Self-insurers' Security Fund, Or Private Employer Group Self-insurers Security Fund; Application.
  (1) The compensation supplement fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the state treasurer...

Last modified: October 10, 2016