S. 38 · 98th Congress · enacted
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1984
Became Public Law No: 98-426.
Latest official action 1984-09-28 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (the Act) to revise the definition of "employee" to exclude persons who at the time of injury were: (1) engaged by specified employers; (2) employees exclusively performing office clerical, secretarial, security, or data processing work; (3) club, camp, restaurant, museum, retail outlet, and marina personnel; (4) personnel of suppliers, transporters, or vendors temporarily doing business on the premises of specified employers; (5) aquaculture workers; (6) engaged in operating an independently or cooperatively owned grain elevator and not engaged in loading or unloading a vessel; or (7) employed to build or repair any recreational vessel under 65 feet long. (Retains the current exclusion from coverage of a master or member of a crew of any vessel or any person engaged by the master to load or unload or repair any small vessel under 18 tons net.) Excludes such employees only if they are subject to coverage under a State workers' compensation law. Revises the definition of "employer" to exclude: (1) clubs, camps, restaurants, museums, retail outlets, or marinas; (2) aquaculture farms; (3) operations of employers which do not receive Federal maritime subsidies and which involve building, repairing, or dismantling certain types of commercial barges…
Congressional Research Service · 1983-01-26
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