Department of Consumer & Business Services v. Muliro

Under the Workers’ Compensation Act, an injured worker with more than one employer may be entitled to receive supplemental temporary disability benefits from the Workers’ Benefit Fund, in addition to the disability benefits the worker receives from the employer’s insurer. The injured worker cannot qualify “unless the insurer **⅜ receives,” within 30 days of receipt of an initial claim, “notice that the worker was employed in more than one job” at the time of injury. QRS 656.210(2)(b)(A). The question in this case is whether an injured worker must provide actual notice of the worker’s…