Title LA, Labor Code

Sec. 505.013. INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY SUBCONTRACTORS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an individual employed by a subcontractor performing work under contract with the department is not considered an employee for purposes of this chapter. (b) The department shall treat …

Sec. 505.051. ADMINISTRATION; RULES; FORMS. (a) The department shall administer this chapter. (b) Process and procedure under this chapter shall be as summary as possible. (c) The department may: (1) adopt rules and prescribe and furnish forms necessary to effectively administer …

Sec. 505.052. PERCENTAGE OF PAYROLL SET ASIDE FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION EXPENSES; ACCOUNT; REPORTS. (a) The department may set aside from its available appropriations, other than itemized appropriations, an amount not exceeding three and one-half percent of the department's annua…

Sec. 505.053. CERTIFIED COPIES OF DIVISION DOCUMENTS. (a) The division of workers' compensation shall furnish a certified copy of an order, award, decision, or paper on file with the division to a person entitled to the copy on written request and payment of the fee for the copy.…

Sec. 505.054. PREEMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL; EXAMINING PHYSICIANS. (a) The department may require that an individual may not be certified as an employee of the department under this chapter until the individual: (1) submits to a physical examination as provided by this section; and (2) …

Sec. 505.055. REPORTS OF INJURIES. (a) A report of an injury filed with the division of workers' compensation under Section 409.005, in addition to the information required by commissioner of workers' compensation rules, must contain: (1) the name, age, sex, and occupation of the…

Sec. 505.056. REQUIRED EXAMINATION OF INJURED EMPLOYEE; REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO EXAMINATION. (a) The division of workers' compensation may require an employee who claims to have been injured to submit to an examination by the division or a person acting under the division's authorit…

Sec. 505.057. REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT. (a) The commissioner of workers' compensation may order or direct the department to reduce or suspend the compensation of an injured employee if the employee: (1) persists in insanitary or injurious practices that tend to impe…

Sec. 505.058. POSTPONEMENT OF HEARING. If an injured employee is receiving benefits under this chapter and the department is providing hospitalization or medical treatment to the employee, the division of workers' compensation may postpone the hearing of the employee's claim. An …

Sec. 505.059. NOTICE OF APPEAL; NOTICE OF TRIAL COURT JUDGMENT; OFFENSE. (a) In each case appealed from the division of workers' compensation to a county or district court: (1) the clerk of the court shall mail to the division: (A) not later than the 20th day after the date the c…

Sec. 505.060. EFFECT OF SICK LEAVE; ANNUAL LEAVE. (a) An employee may elect to use accrued sick leave before receiving income benefits. If an employee elects to use sick leave, the employee is not entitled to income benefits under this chapter until the employee has exhausted the…