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Workers Compensation: Benefits
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If you sustain a job injury or a work-related illness, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) provides for your medical expenses and, in the event you are unable to work,wage-loss compensation benefits until you’re able to go back to work. Additionally, death benefits for work-related deaths are paid to your dependent survivors.
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The new workers' compensation program is a customized, loss-sensitive plan that accomplishes several important objectives for Administaff. First, the structure of the program protects premiums paid into the plan by establishing a restricted claims reserve fund to be used solely for the reimbursement of claims paid by the carrier, up to the deductible limits of the program. Second, if safety and loss-control efforts result in lower than expected claims, the company and its clients would directly benefit without relying on future dividend payments or carrier concessions. Third, this structure enables the company to successfully manage risk, control costs and maximize its return on the capital invested to collateralize the program.
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Workers' compensation gives medical benefits, cash benefits, and vocational rehabilitation benefits. All of your medical costs will be paid by the insurance company. You can get a weekly cash payment up to 60% of your average weekly wage for temporary disability. You can get lifetime benefits if you are permanently and totally disabled.
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Workers compensation insurance covers the cost of medical care and rehabilitation for workers injured on the job. It ... compensates them for lost wages and provides death benefits for their dependents if they are killed in work-related accidents, including terrorist attacks.
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"We are constantly looking for ways to streamline our claims process and reduce wait times for EEOICPA claimants to get the compensation and medical benefits they deserve," said Shelby Hallmark, director of the Labor Department's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. "The Haz-Map system will help us do that. Haz-Map's faster posting of new data will improve the department's capability to adjudicate claims more quickly."
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It is ... illegal to falsely claim workers' compensation benefits. Employers at times hire private investigators to videotape claimants surreptitiously. Some of the sub rosa videos have shown employees engaging in sports or other strenuous physical activities despite allegedly having suffered disability or injury. TV shows have recently been made using these videos
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