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This article is intended to be a brief overview of the Defense Base Act (\u201cDBA\u201d) law. For more information on the DBA, please visit the Department of Labor website here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Before the Defense Base Act, there was only the Longshore and Harbor Workers\u2019 Compensation Act (LHWCA), a federal law passed in 1927 that provides for the payment of compensation, medical care, and vocational rehabilitation services to employees disabled from on-the-job injuries that occur on the navigable waters of the United States, or in areas customarily used in the loading, unloading, repairing, or building of a vessel. The LHWCA covers employees in traditional maritime occupations<\/a> such as longshore workers, ship-repairers, shipbuilders or ship-breakers, and harbor construction workers. The Defense Base Act (DBA) is essentially an extension of the Longshore Act and is a federal law enacted in 1941 by Congress with its primary goal being to cover workers on military bases outside of the United States.\"defense-base-act-dba-service-page-300x145\"<\/p>\n

The DBA provides workers\u2019 compensation coverage to civilian employees working overseas on United States military bases<\/a> or under contract with the United States government for public works or national defense. Civilian employees means not the soldiers at the base; the soldiers are working for their respective government entities whereas civilian employees work for private defense contractors. Administered by the US Department of Labor, it applies to all employees regardless<\/em> of their nationality. Although the employer in the warzone may be an American company, the employees might be there from all over the world \u2013 including India, Uganda, Kenya, Bosnia, Columbia, and many more countries. All employers conducting contracts outside of the US are required<\/em> to secure DBA insurance for their employees working overseas. Failure to comply with this requirement can result in the Employer facing severe penalties such as criminal prosecution, imprisonment, and\/or hefty legal fines and restitution. The Act ensures that all<\/em> workers receive benefits similar to those provided under state workers\u2019 compensation laws, even when the workers are working outside of the United States.<\/p>\n

How does one become eligible for a DBA claim? We\u2019ve all heard the term innocent until proven guilty right? Well, the DBA has its own version of that phrase. Under the Longshore Act, section 20(a) provides that when a person (or eligible dependent if the claimant died) makes a DBA claim that he or she was injured or became ill during the course of an employment overseas, a court deciding the case will use Section 20(a) to presume that the Claimant\u2019s case is compensable<\/a> under the DBA. A legal presumption is something that a court will conclude is true until there is factual evidence to disprove it. Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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