New York Workers' Compensation Law Article 8 - Administration

• 140 - Workmen's Compensation Board.
  The workmen's compensation board in the department of labor is hereby continued. Such board shall consist of thirteen members, at least four of whom shall...
• 141 - General Powers and Duties of the Chair.
  The chair shall be the administrative head of the workers' compensation board and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties in relation to the...
• 141-a - Civil Enforcement.
  1. To investigate violations of sections fifty-two, one hundred thirty-one and two hundred thirteen of this chapter, the chair or his or her designees shall...
• 141-b - Suspension and Debarment.
  Any person subject to a final assessment of civil fines or penalties or a stop-work order, or that has been convicted of a misdemeanor for...
• 141-c - Coordination of Forms.
  The board, the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of taxation and finance, the commissioner of motor vehicles, and the superintendent of financial services shall consult...
• 142 - General Powers and Duties of the Workmen's Compensation Board.
  1. The workmen's compensation board shall have power to hear and determine all claims for compensation or benefits or relating to special funds created under...
• 143 - Maintenance of Records.
  1. The board is authorized and empowered to use electronic means in accordance with section three hundred five of the state technology law to record...
• 144 - Seal.
  The board may adopt a seal and require that it be used for the authentication of orders and proceedings and for such other purposes as...
• 145 - Oaths of Office.
  The members of the board and the secretary shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office....
• 146 - Offices of the Board.
  There shall be an office of the board in the city of New York and at such other place or places in the state as...
• 147 - Vacancies and Removals.
  If a vacancy shall occur in the office of any member of the board otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by...
• 148 - Salaries and Expenses.
  1. The chairman and members of the board shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office and shall not practice in their...
• 149 - Employees.
  Permanent employees of the department of labor assigned to duties wholly in relation to the enforcement and administration of this chapter, in the competitive class...
• 150 - Referees and Secretary.
  (a) The chair shall appoint as many persons as may be necessary to be referees to perform the duties prescribed by this section. All positions...
• 150-a - Secretary As Agent for Service of Process on Non-Resident Non-Insured Employers; Method and Effect of Service.
  Any non-insured employer, not a resident of this state or any resident non-insured employer who becomes a non-resident of this state after the occurrence of...
• 151 - Assessments for Annual Expenses.
  1. The annual expenses necessary for the board to administer the provisions of this chapter, the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, the volunteer firefighters' benefit...
• 152 - Administrative Regulations.
  The chairman of the board may make, amend and repeal regulations for the administration of the board and its employees. Such regulations shall not be...
• 153 - Annual Report.
  The board shall on or before the first day of February in each year make an annual report in writing to the governor, stating in...
• 154 - Construction of Article.
  This article shall be construed as a continuation of those parts of article two of chapter thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred nine, entitled...
• 155 - Saving Clause.
  This article shall not affect pending actions, civil or criminal, brought by or against the department of labor, the industrial commissioner or the industrial board,...
• 156 - Separability.
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged...
• 157 - Application of Article to Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law or the Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law.
  The following terms used in this article, unless inconsistent with the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, are hereby enlarged...

Last modified: February 3, 2019