Anyone know more or less Work Comp contained by Indiana? % of wages salaried?
I hurt my back a month and half ago. I go to a doctor right after it happened. He thought I wrenched my back so he put me on some anti-inflamatory meds and muscle relaxers. Well it get worse so he had an MRI done and I have 2 disc bulging (one of them next to a tear) and a few that ruptured. I do lifting up to 50 lbs on my job and a lot of bending over. I'm a greeting card merchandiser. So near the injuries I won't be able to do my job because it's a requirement to hoist and bend over. I see a orthopedic on Tuesday to discuss treatment. So how long do you have to be off to start getting wages rewarded? Also I work part time at a greeting card store (franchise store) so my manager in that took me off the schedule. She said because of the injury it could inflict them a liability problem. Will Work Comp have to pay for those wages too? I'm within Indiana.
Answers: If you are out of work due to an on the job injury workers comp should pays at the rate of two-thirds (2/3) of the employee’s pre-injury average weekly wage, subject to a maximum period of 500 weeks.
http://www.in.gov/workcomp/employees/