Workers Compensation benefits were never designed to completely replace payroll of an injured worker or they would never come back to work. The idea is to pay medical and a portion of wages and get the employee back to work in the shortest amount of time. Unfortunately, many try to ride the system as long as possible and many commit fraud and have to be prosecuted.
Workers Compensation benefits were never designed to completely replace payroll of an injured worker or they would never come back to work. The idea is to pay medical and a portion of wages and get the employee back to work in the shortest amount of time. Unfortunately, many try to ride the system as long as possible and many commit fraud and have to be prosecuted.