You have to check your disability policy.
If you have a private short term disability policy, there will be language specifying when benefits are paid if you were not working prior to the disabling event.
Filing a claim is the best way to find out. All they can do is deny the claim. If the benefit is paid, you made a tidy sum for a few hours of paperwork.
Yes, if you owe money the creditor is entitled to go after you for it. A court will decide how much you have/can afford to pay each week. Or you can go bankrupt.
they still have to pay you workmans comp. but watch your pay will decrease, because your disability increased. you are caught in a catch 22. get a lawyer!!
No. Workman's Compensation is exempt from levy.
If you are collecting workman's compensation in the state of Florida, you cannot work. If they put you on light duty, they cannot reduce your pay.
No. Being pregnant is not recognized as disability in any state.
You can check with your states Workmans Compensation Board, but I doubt it. Workman's Comp was not, is not, meant to be an education subsidy.
If you get hurt because of your job your employer is required to pay workman's compensation benefits. Worker's compensation includes: medical care, temporary disability, permanent disability, vocational rehabilitation, and death benefits.
You need to check with your work comp state laws, but in most states you do not have to pay taxes on your settlement. You can usually google something like "your state-work comp laws".gov to find website.
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Yes, Workman's Compensation provides disability payments for loss of wages due to a workplace injury.
Your employer is part of a "pool" of all state employers who pay mandatory payments into the state compensation fund.
Pennsylvania does not have state disability or mandated paid leave. If you have a policy, then the insurance company would pay the claim.