Along with medical costs and lost wages, employees may be entitled to other benefits for work-related injuries.
Physical and vocational rehabilitation costs are often covered by workers’ compensation.
These include any costs involved in physical rehabilitation necessary for a worker to get back to work or any vocational training that a worker must undergo to take on a working role for the employer.
Punitive damages are not commonly included in workers’ compensation benefits.
In the case where injuries are substantial enough to be considered life-altering, the employer may receive an additional lump sum for damages.
In the case that a work-related accident results in an employee’s death, the immediate family of the deceased may be entitled to death benefits.
If no immediate family exists, the next-of-kin, which is often determined through administrative hearings, becomes the beneficiary of any death benefits.
These benefits included a capped sum that covers funeral expenses and compensation in the sum of partial normal wages.
These sums are set by state workers’ compensation laws.
The amount of coverage and duration of partial wage payments is determined by the degree of disability of an employee.
There are four degrees of disability.
In order to understand the value of your workers comp claim, you must first determine what category you fall into.
