If a person has an on the job injury, is the employer required to pay the employee their full wage during time off due to the injury, in California?
2006-11-16 09:43:17 · 3 answers · asked by thisisdonna67 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I have been a workers' comp. paralegal for 20 years - IN VIRGINIA. Here you are entitled to 2/3 of your weekly pre-injry gross wages if you cannot work at all. If you can work light duty and you have a wage loss, then you are entitled to 2/3rds of the difference between what you were making before you got hurt (average weekly wage gross) and what you are earning after the injury. BUT-laws vary widely from state to state. I'd go to Ask.Com and look up the California Workers' Compensation Commission or Industrial Commission. All states have these websites and I'm sure the info. that applies to you is on there. Good luck, and I hope you are better soon.
2006-11-16 09:54:31 · answer #1 · answered by paperorplastic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! When an employee is injured he now falls into the responsibility of the employers insurance carrier. They will receive only a portion of their normal wage paid to them by the insurance carrier. The employer will work with the insurance carrier, the dr, to get the employee back to work as soon as possible even offering modified duty if available. Then and only then can the employer pay the employee under the direction of the insurance carrier and dr.
2006-11-16 17:56:22 · answer #2 · answered by Meatloaf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know you'll collect workmen's comp which means you'll get a 1/3 of your check it's that way every where
2006-11-16 17:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by sugarbdp1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋