The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: new legislation to compensate affected employees.

Energy employees occupations illness compensation program.

Responsibilities and activities of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health.

As noted in the introductory editorial by Moeller and Toohey, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in October 2000 and became effective on 31 July 2001. The Act provides a lump-sum compensation of $150,000 to workers who contracted certain diseases due to exposures to beryllium, silica, or radiation while working for the U....

Social Security in India

T HE first major social security program in southeast Asia came into operation in India on February 24, 1952. The program, which was initiated on a limited basis, will cover about 2.5 million factory employees when it comes into operation throughout the major industrial centers by January 1955. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, which established the program, provides for medical services, con...

The NIOSH Radiation Dose Reconstruction Project: managing technical challenges.

Approximately two years after promulgation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Office of Compensation and Analysis Support selected a contractor team to perform many aspects of the radiation dose reconstruction process. The project scope and schedule necessitated the development of an organization invol...

The Delaying of Workmen’s Compensation in Ghana: Review Article

Background: There are many bottlenecks in the administration of claims for compensation by injured employees. These include delays in processing claims, getting physicians to conduct examination of claimant’s injuries and to attest that the injury occurred in the course of employment. This could be further delayed by legal challenges to degree of disability provided by the examining physician. ...