Benefits and Detriments to Workers under Workers' Compensation System

Business Law Briefing Paper
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Briefing Paper 1: Critical Legal Thinking
What are the benefits and detriments to workers under the workers’ compensation system?
Workers’ compensation provides the employees insurance for any job-related illnesses or injuries. Advantages of a workers’ compensation system to workers include:
The medical cover for the injuries or illnesses.
Cash benefits that are dependent on the degree of injury
Death benefits to the dependents in case the worker dies from the job-related injury or illness.
Payment of the Social Security Benefits in case the employee is critically disabled permanently or for a period not less than 12 months (Larson, 2013).
On the other hand, the disadvantages of the workers’ benefits include:
Disputes that usually arise from differential response from the employer and the employee
Fraud cases can arise where the employee exaggerates the degree of injuries or the illnesses contracted
It may also discourage the employee from seeking new employment positions as they become too comfortable with the compensation payments.
Did Coca-Cola act ethically in denying Kelley’s workers’ compensation claim?
Coca-Cola acted unethically in rejecting this claim as Kelley contracted the injuries during the Coca-Cola’s activities including the horseplay that was affirmed by the company considering the official in charge of the event affirmed its authenticity by not attempting to stop it.
Are there any benefits to businesses for being required to pay for workers’ compensation insurance?
There are no benefits to the companies by paying the workers’ compensation insurance as they have to shove in extra amount to pay for the employees’ claim while also hiring additional employees to fill in those positions to render the affected services. Therefore, the businesses will have to pay the new employees and also the compensation claims for the affected workers.
Briefing Paper 2: Law Case with Answers
Brief the facts of the case and assume your boss is seeking your opinions on what would be the best argument for Modesto High School to overturn the California Court of Appeals decision.
Wayne Smith was a temporary employee of Modesto High School. The school was involved in both curricular and co-curricular activities like games and even clubs, for example, Maths Club. It encouraged the participation of both students and the staff considering the evaluation of the school system regarding instructional and non-instructional duties.
According to his contract, Wayne Smith was employed as a temporary math instructor though a reasonable amount of time was encouraged to be spent on co-curricular activities. Therefore, there's minimal connection between the windsurfing and his terms for employment that could ascertain workers’ compensation.
Briefing Paper 3: Critical Legal Thinking CasesConsidering the Agent Case
The patron involved himself with the chase of the teenagers, but also informed the manager of the incident. Regarding legal terms, a patron is one who provides supports for the organization/business activities while an agent is one who handles the...