How do I get wage loss benefits?
If your doctor has taken you off work because of your on-the-job injury, and you miss three days or more of work, you are entitled to compensation for your lost wages or salary. Time loss because of a doctor or therapist appointment will be included. You will usually receive two-thirds of your gross income for the time you are off work, but there are minimums and maximums allowed by law.
If the insurance company has not denied your claim, you are entitled to time loss benefits. If the insurance company denies your claim, it does not have to pay your time loss unless the denial is overturned in a hearing before the Workers’ Compensation Board.
All time loss benefits stop when you are authorized by your doctor to return to your regular work; or when you have recovered from you injury as much as you can. (This is called being “medically stationary.”)
Workers' Compensation Claims
- What is a workers’ compensation claim?
- How do I get wage loss benefits?
- Can I get the medical treatment I want?
- Will my medical expenses be paid promptly?
- Who pays attorney fees?
- What if my claim is denied?
- When will my claim be closed?
- Do I have any rights after my claim is closed?
- Can my employer’s insurance company require me to be examined by the company’s doctor?
- Can workers’ compensation claims be settled?
- Do I get compensated for pain and suffering?