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Benefits for lost wages will only begin seven days after the date of the injury, and you will receive payment for the first seven days of missed work only if you are off work 21 days or more. In some instances, payments may begin while the injury is investigated further, pending a final decision.

The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act requires that all businesses that employ three or more employees, including those operating as corporations, sole proprietorships, limited liability companies and partnerships, obtain workers' compensation insurance or qualify as self-insured employers for purposes of paying ...

Statute 97-19.1 requires that an owner/operator be covered under a workers' compensation policy, even if the owner/operator is an independent contractor.

NCGS 97-2 defines the terms “employee” and “employment” for the purposes of determining eligibility for workers' compensation benefits. Employee means every person engaged in employment under any appoint, oral or written contract of hire or apprenticeship including aliens and minors.

MMI is an important point along the workers' comp timeline. Once the employee is deemed to have reached MMI, they are eligible to apply for a permanent disability award based on permanent bodily injury or loss of earnings.

Who is not entitled to worker's compensation benefits? Independent contractors.

Those businesses that employ three or more employees are required to carry workers compensation insurance except agricultural employment with fewer than 10 employees, certain sawmill and logging operations and all domestic employees are exempt.

1.1 In The Winnipeg School Division, all employees (full-time, part-time, temporary and casual), with the exception of teachers who are not vocational or industrial arts teachers, are eligible for benefits under the Workers Compensation Act of Manitoba.