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Moments that Matter

Florida Workers' Comp

I recently ran across a fantastic retrospective published in 2018 by Time, " The 25 Moments From American History That Matter Right Now. " The 1948 adoption of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law (marking the unanimity of this concept in the nation). The implementation of Social Security Disability Insurance (1956).

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Temporary Total Disability for Work injury: What will Workers’ Compensation pay?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

In the accompanying slides and in some responses, I provide additional references as a starting point for understanding and comparing initial workers’ compensation. All workers’ compensation systems pay the same rate for lost wages…right? I could find only one jurisdiction with no maximum on insured earnings: Manitoba.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

To forestall this eventuality, the majority of North American workers’ compensation jurisdictions adjust periodic payments (sometimes called workers’ compensation pensions or permanent disability payments) to account for increases in the cost of living. That increase was effective July 1, 2018.