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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 06/21/16

Applications Due07/01/16

Vacancy ID30898

AgencyWorkers' Compensation Board

TitleCompensation Claims Referee WCB Item#2929

Occupational CategoryLegal

Salary Grade28

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $87891 to $107946 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Erie

Street Address Office of General Counsel/Issue Resolution/Adjudication Services

Ellicott Square Bldg. 295 Main Street, Suite 400

City Buffalo

StateNY

Zip Code14203

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must be reachable on the appropriate Civil Service eligible list.

-OR-

Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive service as an Associate Attorney or Compensation Claims Referee. Also eligible to apply are candidates who possess the required credentials and who have at least one year of permanent competitive service in a title at the G-26 or above level designated as appropriate for transfer per Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law.

Duties Description Reviews informal administrative determinations and proposed conciliation decisions; reviews from an electronic file, claims for workers' compensation benefits which have been accepted by the carrier, but which have various issues in dispute; attempts to resolve those issues with the parties through a proposed decision; conducts formal evidentiary hearings rendering decisions on claims arising under the Workers' Compensation Law, Disability Benefits Law, Voluntary Ambulance Workers' Law; presides over discrimination hearings; conducts hearings relating to denials of medical treatments; and, rules on legal objections to medical bills raised by carriers; may evaluate whether an Order of the Chair should be issued relative to requests for special medical services; travel to itinerant hearing locations within a District is necessary.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Cassandra Cade

Telephone

Fax 518/486-6364

Email Address HRM@WCB.ny.gov

Address

Street Human Resources Office - Room 133

328 State Street

City Schenectady

State NY

Zip Code 12305

 

Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should send a letter of interest and resume which lists your actual Civil Service title and salary grade. Please send your application to HRM@WCB.ny.gov (email applications are preferred). It is important that you reference the WCB Item# 2929 in the subject line of your email to ensure receipt of your application. (Please do not reference the Vacancy ID No.)

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