Helping sister

[1171]

some states comp laws have special benefits if there is a safety violation involved.

[dn4192]

She lives in Indiana and the job is in Indiana. While the money is tax free, as in my sisters case, she worked at more then one job and I am under the idea that you only get 66% of pay from that job where you were injured. So you also lose out on the monies from your other job. What if you worked a full time job and a PT job and it was at the PT job that you were hurt. Your income would be lost from that FT job potentially and only be getting 66% from the PT job. Somehow that doesn't seem fair.

Bad Boy Bad Boy Wrote:Hang on, you said where she worked, was she working in Indiana, or was she working in Illinois?

If working in a different State, this can change things.

If heading to work and going to clock in, that can be considered a work injury.

It is 66% of pay, that is tax free, meaning she would be very close to her take home pay. If they paid her gross pay, she then wiould be ahead of this as it is Tax free.

[1171]

the handbook points out an eception:
"Worker’s compensation covers lost wages from the job at which the employee was working when injured. Wages from other employments are NOT considered in calculating the employee’s AWW unless the employments are the same or similar in nature."


http://www.in.gov/wcb/handbook/HANDBK200...ulatingAWW

comp laws have to be fair for both the employer and employee. there are many reasons why a business would not think it fair to be charged for losses due to other employments.

you state legislature controls the comp laws. put your objections and concerns in writing to them.

[bagpussinamerica]

I would not consider the employer wanting to speak with the doctor when they found out she was in hospital longer. They are most likely just thinking that the injury was fairly straight forward and was just checking to find out what the situation is. They seem to me to be dealing with the in an entirely fair way. Especially being so quick to offer her another job where she did not need to stand. Most of us out here have not had that luck.

I had two other jobs when I was hurt. W/C could not even consider the other ones since they were casual cash in hand type things....so I did lose out. But to be fair. If they had to pay regardless of whether it was cash in hand or no....I could be just anyone out to make a quick free dime so I could just have a few weeks off work.

Just a note. You might want to consider taking up a job in a lawyers office. You don't let anything out of your teeth once you have that bite.

[Bernie57]

Talking about fair. I live in NYS and what little money I did
get from Comp was taxed. Is this a state to state rule?
I do not remember if I got that money back at Tax time,
husband did taxes. Would not go to a tax preparer.
Bernie, not as lucky as sister.

[bagpussinamerica]

I don't know about that one. I was told by my w/c in Montana that no workers comp pay is taxed and therefore the injured worker didn't suffer too badly. And it can't be claimed as income either. I didn't think that it mattered what state you were in.....

[jayne]

no taxes on WC here in okla either and its not taxed on the federal leval either

[Bad Boy Bad Boy]

It's a Indiana Thread, and no taxes.

But, the Thread states (Helping Sister). I am starting to wonder how any of this has helped sister?

[bagpussinamerica]

It would be nice if the sister, if she has access to a computer, could log on herself. Trying to help via another doesn't always work, especially if the information isn't totally correct. We could help her better if she were here, then we could get to know her and give her more support.

[dn4192]

Well since neither me nor my sister has ever had to deal with somehting like this, it gave some information to give her. She got the ambulance bill yesterday and is getting around better with the hope to return to work next week. So with that info she knows a little more wht to do. Since she is going back to work and her unemployment, she won't be collecting WC, just having her employer pay her medical bills.

Bad Boy Bad Boy Wrote:It's a Indiana Thread, and no taxes.

But, the Thread states (Helping Sister). I am starting to wonder how any of this has helped sister?