Workers' Compensation Benefits
Philadelphia Workers' Compensation Benefit Attorneys
Depending on the nature and extent of your employment-related injury, you may be entitled to several different types of workers' compensation benefits. Only with the assistance of a knowledgeable workers' compensation attorney can you be assured that you are receiving all the benefits you are entitled to under workers' compensation law.
Since 1991, Jeffrey S. Gross and associates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have devoted all their time to helping injured workers file claims for wage and other benefits after an on-the-job injury. For a free and confidential consultation, contact a Philadelphia workers' compensation benefit lawyer today.
No recovery, no fee. We help workers with wage benefit and other workers' compensation claims on a contingency fee basis, which means we don't get paid unless and until our clients receive the benefits they are entitled to.
Types of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Benefits
Under Pennsylvania law, workers injured on the job are entitled to up to five different types of compensation for their injuries:
- Medical benefits: The employer is required by law to pay all medical costs associated with the employee's injury or work-related illness.
- Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits: If a worker's injury or illness makes him or her totally disabled and completely unable to work, then the employee is entitled to weekly wage loss benefits that are calculated based on his or her average weekly wage. TTD benefits begin after one week of inability to work due to work-related injury or illness.
- Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) benefits: These wage loss benefits are paid under workers' compensation law if a worker is determined to not be totally disabled or if the employee is able to return to work but at a lower-paying job (also referred to as loss of earning capacity). PPD benefits are also calculated based on the employee's average weekly wage. After a maximum of 500 weeks on PPD benefits, the benefits cease unless the employee's status is modified to temporary total disability within the time limitation of the 500-week period.
- Disfigurement or "specific loss" benefits: If a work-related accident results in disfigurement, scarring to the head, face or neck, loss of a limb or other body part, or loss of a specific bodily function, the worker may obtain additional compensation − calculated based on the worker's average weekly wage.
- Death benefits: If a worker is killed in a work accident or dies because of injuries or an illness received on the job, his or her dependent children and/or dependent spouse are entitled under Pennsylvania law to monetary benefits based on the worker's wage. A spouse may receive weekly payments for the entire period of widowhood, and children may receive benefits until they are 18 (or longer if the child is disabled or a full-time student.)
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