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september
asserts
employer
easily
circumven
approach
making
voluntary
payments
injured
worker
substantially
employee
actual
entitlement
ante
prospect
employer
successfully
execute
even
attempt
strategy
imaginary
employers
make
voluntary
payments
employees
required
file
report
department
labor
describing
nature
employee
injury
stating
amount
payments
made
see
ante
employer
must
also
submit
results
medical
evaluation
employee
condition
dept
labor
longshore
dlhwc
procedure
manual
hereinafter
longshore
procedure
manual
online
http
visited
mar
clerk
case
file
upon
receiving
employer
report
dol
claims
examiner
verifies
compensation
rate
accuracy
must
followup
employer
compensation
rate
appears
low
longshore
procedure
manual
chances
slim
claims
examiner
validate
substantial
underpayment
employers
underpay
benefits
moreover
subject
penalty
equal
amount
underpayment
see
longshore
procedure
manual
partial
payments
made
employer
penalty
appl
ies
difference
amount
owed
amount
employers
thus
risk
paying
less
attempt
circumven
approach
deliberately
undercompensating
injured
workers
true
employer
controverts
employee
right
compensation
pay
penalty
see
ante
act
permit
employer
pay
amount
likes
controvert
remainder
see
requiring
employers
either
pay
benefits
full
controvert
liability
pay
compensation