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Drop In CA Average Weekly Wage Means No Change In Some WC Benefits In 2011
04 Jun, 2010 WorkersCompensation.com
Under California law, minimum and maximum TTD and PTD rates are subject to annual changes, effective January 1 of each year, based on the percentage increase in the SAWW. After increasing steadily in recent years, the maximum TTD/PTD rate for 2010 job injuries is now $986.69 per week, and the minimum is $148 per week. But, with the decline in the SAWW last year, those rates will not need to be adjusted for claims with injury dates on or after January 1, 2011.
The 2009-2010 decline in the SAWW also means annual cost of living adjustments to life pension and PTD payments on existing claims with injury dates on or after January 1, 2003 will not apply next January, and the maximum rate for death benefit installment payments, which are paid in the same manner and amount as TTD, will remain unchanged. Claims administrators are encouraged to review the latest SAWW figures with legal counsel to confirm that benefit payments are appropriate and accurate.
Source: California Workers' Compensation Institute
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