Benefits
Part of your pay while you heal, and your treatment paid for
Workers' compensation is meant to keep a household going while someone can't work. We make sure it does.
When an injury keeps you off work, or forces you onto lighter work at lower pay, the claim can pay part of the wages you're missing. It should pay for the doctors, surgery, therapy and prescriptions the injury needs, and for mileage to get there. If the injury leaves lasting damage, there may be more owed for that.
The numbers are often wrong at the start. Overtime gets left out, a second job gets ignored, a raise is missed. We check the math against your pay stubs and fix it.
What a claim can pay for
Weekly wage checks while you can't work
Partial checks if you're on light duty for less
Medical care, therapy and prescriptions
Travel to treatment
Where it goes wrong
Benefits we fix most often
A weekly rate that's too low
Overtime, a second job or a raise left out of the math.
Treatment that's refused
Surgery, an MRI or therapy the insurer won't approve.
Light duty that doesn't fit
A job offer your restrictions don't allow.
Common questions
Money and medical care while you're out
How much of my pay will I get?
A share of your average weekly wage, up to a limit set where you work. We'll work out your number from your pay stubs at the first meeting.
Can I keep my own doctor?
It depends on where you work and how your employer set things up. We'll tell you your choices and when they open up.
What happens if I can never go back to my old job?
There may be benefits for lasting damage, or retraining. We plan for that early, not at the end.
Bring your pay stubs
We'll check the weekly rate the insurer gave you against what you actually earned.