Interest: The Most Overlooked WorkComp Benefit

Dec 18, 2024 | Benefits, WC & Other Laws

Interest: The Most Overlooked WorkComp Benefit – If you’re entitled to lost wages, but the insurance company doesn’t pay it so you have to go to court and you win. However, the company appeals again and again, and after a couple of years, they finally pay you....

Work Injuries, Liens, and Taxes

Aug 1, 2024 | Benefits

Work Injuries, Liens, and Taxes – Who can go after your work injuries? Typically, injured workers get concerned because they don’t know if they have to pay taxes for what they received under Workers’ Compensation. Taxes In Colorado, your Workers’ Compensation...

Understanding the Disfigurement Benefit

Jul 12, 2024 | Benefits

Understanding the Disfigurement Benefit – The disfigurement benefit can cover a handful of different categories. It can be from scarring as a result of having surgery, a limp from having had an injury, swelling from one part of your body compared to the opposite...

Is Getting Sick at Work Covered Under Workers’ Comp

Jul 1, 2024 | Benefits, WC & Other Laws

Is Getting Sick at Work Covered Under Workers’ Comp – When you get sick, if you can prove that you were exposed to the bacteria or virus at work, you could get your medical care covered under Workers’ Compensation and get lost wages if you have to take...

Permanent Total Disability Benefits

Feb 22, 2024 | Benefits, WC & Other Laws

Permanent Total Disability Benefits – One of the biggest concerns injured workers have is what will they do if they can’t go back to the kind of work they do because of their injury. For most of them, unfortunately, workers’ compensation doesn’t provide a...

What Is Average Weekly Wage?

Sep 28, 2023 | Benefits

What Is Average Weekly Wage? – In Workers’ Compensation a lot of your benefits, particularly the money benefits, depend upon what your average weekly wage is. The more money you make when you are injured, the more money you will be compensated in general. One of...