How Many Workdays Do I Need to Miss to Be Eligible for Workers’ Compensation?
If you were just injured at work, how long do you need to wait before you can become eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits? Many Maryland workers are under the mistaken assumption that they must suffer a very serious injury that requires a significant time away from work for medical treatment in order to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Yet in fact, most workers who are injured while employed for covered employers in Maryland can be eligible to file a workers’ compensation claim as soon as just three days of missed work.
What else should you know? Consider the following information from our Maryland work injury attorneys.
Applying for Workers’ Compensation Benefits After Three Missed Workdays
As soon as you have missed three days of work due to your injury or occupational illness in Maryland, you can apply for workers’ compensation benefits. There is no lengthy required waiting period under Maryland law, and there is no severity or “serious injury” requirement. Even if you suffer a temporary partial disability that results in your needing medical treatment and three or more days away from work, you may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, which can include medical coverage, wage replacement payments up to two-thirds of your wage prior to your injury, and disability benefits.
Once approved, you will then continue to receive benefits until you are returned to a limited duty capacity — typically up to 250 weeks for a permanent partial disability, 1,000 weeks of benefits for a temporary total disability, or up to retirement age for a permanent total disability. Medical benefits are paid for as long as is necessary for you to receive reasonable and necessary treatment for your work-related injury.
Requirements to Receive Workers’ Compensation Benefits Under Maryland Law
What are the other requirements you will need to meet in order to obtain workers’ compensation benefits?
First, you will need to ensure that your employer has proper workers’ compensation coverage and that you are a covered employee. Then, you will need to show that your injury, as required by Maryland law, arose out of and occurred in the course of your employment.
Contact a Maryland Workers’ Compensation Attorney Today for Assistance Seeking Medical Benefits, Wage Loss Payments, and More After Your Workplace Injury
Were you recently injured in a work-related accident that arose out of your job in Maryland? As long as your employer is required to have workers’ compensation insurance and you are a covered employee, and you can show that your injury arose out of and occurred in the course of your employment, you can be eligible for benefits as soon as you have to miss just three days of work because of your injury. Workers’ compensation is not only for life-altering or permanently disabling injuries. To be clear, even if you need medical care for an injury from which you will recover fully, and for which you may only miss a week or so of work, you may be eligible. Contact one of the experienced Maryland workers’ compensation lawyers at the Law Offices of Steinhardt, Siskind and Lieberman, LLC today to find out more about obtaining benefits.
Source:
law.justia.com/codes/maryland/labor-and-employment/title-9/