Compensation Rate How much an injured worker is provided in terms of wage loss replacement benefits is a product of the pre-injury average weekly wage. This is the average amount—averaged over the preceding 52 weeks—that a worker earned prior to the injury. From there, the compensation rate is established by...
Category: Virginia Workers’ Comp
What to Do When You Are Injured at Work
Every work injury should be immediately reported to the injured worker’s supervisor. VA has a 30-day reporting requirement, 60 days in the case of an occupational exposure to a toxic substance, and a claim can be denied if the reporting requirement is not met. Beyond this, however, immediately reporting the...
Types of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Under VA law, the following benefits are available under Workers’ Compensation: If an accident “rings the above special bells,” the following benefits are available: A lifetime medical award (for treatment which is reasonable, necessary, and casually related to the accident) is available. This provides for medical care, for the life...
What are the VA’s Comp Laws?
Virginia is what is called an actual risk state for Workers’ Compensation Laws. What this means is that for an injury and accident to fall under the Wokers’ Compensation Act, it essentially has to “ring” a series of bells or meet various criteria that have been created by the Virginia...
