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WORKERS
COMPENSATION
4. What lost wage
benefits are available under workers’ compensation?
Under the Florida law,
your employer and/or workers’ compensation insurance
company is required to pay you 66 2/3 of your average weekly
wage during periods that you are temporarily disabled by
a work related injury. If you receive a permanent injury
which partially disables you, you are eligible for additional
benefits based on the degree of permanent impairment to
you, which is established by your authorized treating physician.
If your work related injury permanently disables you from
any type of employment, you may be eligible for a benefit
called Permanent Total Disability benefits which are paid
out over the remainder of your lifetime. Sometimes the employer/insurance
company denies payment of lost wage benefits even if the
employee is unable to work. If this happens, the assistance
of an attorney may be required. At Farrell & Gasparo,
P.A., we have the skills needed to fight the employer/insurance
company to obtain the lost wage benefits you deserve.
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