What to Know about Workers’ Compensation vs. Salary Continuation from Your Employer after an Injury
When you’re hurt on the job and can’t work, filing for workers’ compensation Temporary Total Disability Compensation (TTDC) is the most common route to get economic relief.
In Ohio, there’s another option that could benefit both you and your employer: a wage continuation plan.
Your employer can offer to pay you—or you can request to be paid—your full weekly wages and benefits in lieu of TTDC benefits. You get your full salary, rather than TTDC’s reduced lost wages pay, and your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance premiums don’t go up because of your claim.
Unless your union and your employer have a collective bargaining agreement that says otherwise, workers’ compensation wage continuation—also known as a salary continuation plan—is completely optional. Both sides must agree to it.
Everybody wins, right? It’s a little more complicated than that.
There are some nuances to wage continuation plans that you should understand before entering into an agreement. An experienced Ohio workers’ compensation attorney can look over any offer and give you the best advice on how to proceed.
At Horenstein, Nicholson & Blumenthal (HNB), we help anyone in any occupation who has been hurt at work in Ohio—thousands of people and counting.
If you live in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton or anywhere in Ohio, let’s find the workers’ compensation approach that gives you and your family the most secure future.
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