Department of Labor and Industry: Duties
MONTANA SUPREME COURT DECISIONS |
Pinnow v. Montana State Fund, 2007 MT 332, 340 Mont. 217, 172 P.3d 1273 Nothing in § 39-71-613, MCA, confers jurisdiction on the Department of Labor and Industry to resolve attorney’s fees disputes. Therefore, the WCC has jurisdiction over the dispute. |
Pinnow v. Montana State Fund, 2007 MT 332, 340 Mont. 217, 172 P.3d 1273 Section 39-74-203, MCA, authorizes the Department to do and perform things that are necessary or convenient in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred elsewhere under Title 39, Chapter 71, MCA. It is not itself an independent source of subject-matter jurisdiction. |
MONTANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT DECISIONS |
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Livestock Trust/Perry Polzing Trucking [02/04/05] 2005 MTWCC 6
The Department of Labor and Industry has a duty to promptly suspend
the license of a professional employer organization not providing workers’
compensation insurance for its leased employees and to notify the Montana
business to which the employees are furnished of the lapse of insurance.
§§ 39-8-206 and -207, MCA (1999-2001). |
MP Livestock Trust/Perry Polzing Trucking [02/04/05] 2005 MTWCC 6 The Department of Labor and Industry has a duty to promptly order an uninsured employer to cease doing business. § 39-71-507(1), MCA (1999-2001). |