for dates of injury before 6/29/06
(& after 10/11/06)
only. No information provided is intended nor should be construed as legal advice.
Please consult qualified counsel regarding your individual circumstances.
There are a number of benefits available under Ohio's Workers' Compensation
System, here's a brief explanation of them:
Temporary Total Disability - short term, time off work benefit for those workers who
can not return to the type of work they were doing when injured or any other work
made available by the employer. This benefit continues until an injured worker
returns to any type of work or quits improving (maximum medical improvement).
Wage Loss - this benefit is designed to help workers who have restrictions (due to
their on the job injury) which affect their ability to return to their pre-injury earning
level. Wage loss is available for individuals who are looking for work (non-working
wage loss) and working at less than their earnings from an average week for the
year prior to injury. This benefit is limited to 200 weeks per claim (after 10/11/06, an
injured worker may be able to receive 226 weeks of wage loss benefits, but only 26
weeks of non-working wage loss and up to 200 weeks of working wage loss)
Permanent Partial Disability - a lump sum benefit designed to compensate injured
workers for the loss of body function, even if they suffer no financial loss, and
have not received monetary benefits for over forty weeks. (After October 11, 2006,
the waiting period was changed from 40 to 26 weeks)
Living Maintenance - An ongoing money benefit designed to compensate workers
while undergoing an approved vocational rehabilitation plan. Vocational
rehabilitation offers seriously injured workers their best chance to return to work
and may help in applications for other benefits.
Scheduled loss - if a body part is amputated and not reattached or is injured to the
point it has no function, the injured worker is paid based upon a schedule set out
by the legislature which gives a value for these body parts.
Permanent Total Disability - A lifetime benefit available for those workers whose
allowed conditions (that is medical problems which have been formally associated
with their claim) render them unable to engage in an employment. Other medical
conditions can not be considered. Only the effect of the allowed conditions, along
with age education and past job experience can be considered.
Facial Disfigurement - A lump sum benefit available for workers whose faces are
scarred or otherwise disfigured by their workplace injury and whom suffer an
impairment in their ability to work as a result of the disfigurement.
KURT M. YOUNG,
LLC
Park Lane
Apartments
142 23rd Street,
Suite 204
Toledo, OH 43604
(419) 244-7885
(877) 244-7885
