Lost Time Benefits and Disability Pay For Illinois Workers: Temporary Total Disability
In continuing this month’s focus on Illinois Workers Compensation Law, our Chicago personal injury attorney explains some of the requirements for lost time benefits and disability pay.
According to the law, your employer is required to pay weekly temporary total disability (TTD) benefits during the period of time that you are unable to work as a result of the injury or disease, provided that your period of lost time lasts more than three working days.
Generally speaking, say Illinois personal injury lawyers, TTD benefits are paid at a rate of two-thirds of a workers’ gross average weekly wage during the year prior to injury, subject to legal minimums and maximums. An employer is required to begin payment of TTD within fourteen days after an employee has begun to lose time from work. In order to qualify for TTD benefits, it is usually necessary to have a signed medical report or doctor’s note, such as a “time-off-work slip” which establishes that that an employee is unable to return to work.
If your employer disagrees about whether you are entitled to receive TTD benefits, or about how your benefits should be calculated, it may be necessary to have a hearing at the Workers’ Compensation Commission. In some cases, penalties can be imposed upon an employer if the employer unreasonably delays or refuses to pay your weekly compensation benefits, or if the Workers’ Compensation Commission finds that the employer acted in bad faith.
If you have questions about your workers’ compensation case, you should consider contacting a Chicago personal injury attorney who specializes in Workers Comp.
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