What are the different types of workers’ compensation benefits?

On Behalf of Rosenberg, Eisenberg & Associates, LLC | May 18, 2020 | Construction Accidents, Work-Related Deaths

Injured workers in Illinois should know what they can receive from workers’ compensation benefits if they have been injured on the job. Workers’ compensation provides invaluable benefits for workers who have suffered harm at work because of a workplace accident or occupational illness.

One of the most important benefits injured workers can receive through workers’ compensation includes medical benefits to help with their injury and the medical costs associated with their injury. Injured workers can receive medical care benefits for any medical care that is reasonably related to the treatment of their injury suffered at work. In circumstances of a fatal workplace accident, death benefits may also be available to surviving family members through workers’ compensation.

In addition, workers’ compensation benefits include benefits for the lost wages and earnings injured workers suffer while they are away from work recovering. Whether the injured worker suffers from a temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, permanent partial disability or permanent total disability, the injured worker may be able to receive workers’ compensation benefits to help with their lost wages accordingly. These types of benefits are designed to help injured workers through different situations they have suffered at work.

There are important employer obligations injured workers should be familiar with and a process that must be followed to apply for workers’ compensation benefits. In addition, there is a process to dispute a denied claim for workers’ compensation benefits the injured worker disagrees with. It is of utmost importance for injured workers and their families to understand how workers’ compensation benefits can help them and how to obtain them when needed.