Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,024 according to the 2010 Census. Medfield is an affluent community about 17 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, which is a 45-minute drive to Bostonâs financial district. Attractions include the Lowell Mason house, Hinkley Pond and the Peak House.
Workers compensation is a legal remedy whereby an employee who is injured on the job may be entitled to certain benefits. The benefits can include medical care for the injury, indemnity wage benefits, vocational rehabilitation services, and/or death benefits. These benefits are the obligation of the employer and are paid directly to the employee by the employer or its workers compensation insurer.
Part of a workers' compensation insurance policy that protects an employer against legal liability for common law negligence damages, where an injury to an employee arises out of and in the course of employment but is not covered by the Workers' Compensation Law. state in which all workers' compensation insurance is underwritten by a state agency (also referred to as a monopolistic state fund state). Ohio and West Virginia are examples of states with this type of compensation system.