Your Florida Supplemental Wage Loss Benefits Can’t be Reduced by Your Post Injury Pension | Bradenton Pension Disability Claims Attorney

in Florida City and State Pension Disability Claims

If an injured Florida worker has a permanent impairment rating of at least 20% after having reached maximum medical improvement, the worker might be entitled to Florida worker's compensation supplemental wage loss benefits. That worker may also be entitled to Florida city and state pension disability benefits and workers' compensation benefits at the same time. How do these benefits interact and can your workers compensation benefits be reduced? Florida permanent impairment or supplemental wage loss benefits are very valuable money benefits and, depending on your average weekly wage and compensation rate, could be in excess of $50,000. The City of Miami Beach...

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Chapter 440 First Responder Workers Compensation Benefits Rights

Posted by Nancy Cavey

in Florida City and State Pension Disability Claims

Chapter 440 has a section that deals with the authorization of medical care found in section 440.13. At various times Chapter 440 has required an employer/carrier to offer First Responders a list of least three physicians from which to select when there has been a request for a one time change of physician. This statute is honored by a number of changes and, currently, the statute does not require that the employer offer a choice of providers. Once the Employer/Carrier offers an appointment with a physician you have the obligation to accept care and treatment from an authorized physician before you can...