When workers suffer injuries on the job, or sustain illness or injury away from the job that result in absence from work, in some cases disability or workers' compensation benefits are available.

Workers' compensation programs compensate employees injured on the job. During the workers' compensation process, a doctor assigns an injured employee a disability rating. This rating represents a ...

Depending on your situation, workers' comp can have different effects on one's social security disability. Assuming you have a workers compensation wage award in Virginia, and approval for social ...

Under the Workers' Compensation Act you have the right to compensation for periods of time that you cannot work due to your work related injury. This is called temporary total disability ("TTD"). This ...

Will my disability benefits be reduced if I get workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits? If you get either workers’ compensation or public disability benefit payments, we may reduce ...

Offsets are a tool insurers use to reduce the benefits they owe an injured worker by deducting benefits the worker receives ...

Regarding “Workers’ Comp to Be Revisited,” Jan. 3: Revisiting the workers’ compensation system will simply be stirring the pot once again; the system needs a totally fresh look, possibly a major ...

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