Category: Workers Compensation Q & A and News

In the U.S., a disabling injury occurs every 1 second, a fatal injury occurs every 4 minutes. A work related fatal or death claim involves the payment to the survivors of an employee fatally injured in the course and scope of his or her employment. Survivors include surviving spouse, children,…

If you are receiving both Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Heart and Lung Act benefits, the general rule is that you should be receiving your Workers’ Compensation Benefits at your personal address directly from your Workers’ Compensation Carrier and not from your employer. There are, however, a few exceptions to this rule: If you…

With regard to injuries occurring on or after June 24, 1996, Section 306(a.2)(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act enables a workers’ compensation insurance carrier to request an Impairment Rating Evaluation (“IRE”) when a Claimant has received one hundred four (104) weeks of total disability compensation. The Claimant is required to…

The amendments to the Workers’ Compensation Act include specific provisions to combat insurance fraud. Prior to the new amendments, the Act did not address the issue of fraud. Previously, fraud was addressed through the Criminal Code or through various health and legal ethical codes. For example, a person making a…

Pension Benefits & Workers’ Compensation If an injured worker involuntarily retires due to a work injury, and he or she has participated in his time of injury employer’s pension program and receives pension payments, in some situations, the employer will be able to take an offset or credit for those pension…