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Law Number

MCLS 418.161(1)(g)

Summary Title

Workers' Compensation: Volunteer Civil Defense Worker

Summary

A volunteer civil defense worker, who is on the roster of a civil defense organization of the state or a political subdivision and is injured while performing their duties is entitled to workers' compensation

Full Title

“Employee” defined; exclusion from coverage of partner or spouse, child, or parent in employer’s family; election by employee to be excluded; notice of election; duration of elected exclusion.

Full Text

(g) A volunteer civil defense worker who is a member of the civil defense forces as provided by law and is registered on the permanent roster of the civil defense organization of the state or a political subdivision of the state shall be considered to be an employee of the state or the political subdivision on whose permanent roster the employee is enrolled if engaged in the performance of duty and shall be considered to be receiving the state average weekly wage at the time of injury, as last determined under section 355, from the state or political subdivision for purposes of calculating the weekly rate of compensation provided under this act.

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