Michigan Laws 418.360 – Professional athlete; weekly benefits; condition; benefits under other provisions; exemptions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 418.360
- average weekly wage: means the weekly wage earned by the employee at the time of the employee's injury in all employment, inclusive of overtime, premium pay, and cost of living adjustment, and exclusive of any fringe or other benefits which continue during the disability. See Michigan Laws 418.371
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) A person who suffers an injury arising out of and in the course of employment as a professional athlete is entitled to weekly benefits only when the person’s average weekly wages in all employments at the time of application for benefits, and thereafter, as computed in accordance with section 371, are less than 200% of the state average weekly wage. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit an otherwise eligible person from receiving benefits under section 315, 319, or 361.
(2) A professional athlete who is hired under a contract with an employer outside of this state is exempt from this act if all of the following conditions apply:
(a) The athlete sustains a personal injury arising out of the course of employment while the professional athlete is temporarily within this state.
(b) The employer has obtained worker’s compensation insurance coverage under the worker’s compensation law of another state that covers the injury in this state.
(c) The other state recognizes the extraterritorial provisions of this act and provides a reciprocal exemption for professional athletes whose injuries arise out of employment while temporarily in that state and are covered by the worker’s compensation law of this state.
(3) The benefits and other remedies under the worker’s compensation laws of another state are the exclusive remedy against the employer under the conditions in subsection (2). A certificate from the duly authorized officer of another state certifying that the employer is insured in that state and has obtained extraterritorial coverage insuring the employer’s professional athletes in this state is prima facie evidence that the employer has obtained insurance meeting the requirements for the exception to coverage under this act under subsection (2).