There are various benefits provided under Maryland workers’ compensation. Some of the benefits go directly to the injured worker to make up for lost wages or lasting injuries. Some of the benefits do not go to the worker but to pay for medicals, provide vocational rehab, retraining, or other benefits.
The articles below describe the specifics of various kinds of Maryland Workers’ Compensation Benefits.
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Temporary Total Disability (TTD)
Temporary Total Disability (TTD) Benefits in Maryland workers’ compensation represent the compensation you are entitled to receive for the time you are out and completely unable to work. By their nature, they are temporary because eventually you will either be able to return to work or reach maximum medical improvement or both. The disability is […]
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Permanent Partial Disability (PPD)
Permanent Partial Disability When an injured worker makes a claim for disability, the first step is temporary disability and corresponding medical treatment. The treatment may be brief or the treatment may last a long time. Either way, at some point, the claimant will reach maximum medical improvement. Once maximum medical improvement is reached, if an […]
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Permanent Total Disability (PTD)
Some injured workers may suffer from injuries so severe that they are permanently, totally disabled from returning to work. Permanent total disability means the inability to do further work of any kind. The Commission will presume that an injured worker suffers from a permanent, total disability if the worker suffers the loss or loss of […]
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Temporary Partial Disability (TPD)
Temporary partial disability benefits are paid to those injured workers who have rejoined the workforce, but has not yet reached maximum medical improvement. Injured workers who return to work part time, on light duty, or with medical restrictions would meet this definition. If the wage earning capacity of the injured worker is less while temporarily […]
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Survival Of Compensation
In Maryland, if the injured worker suffers death from a cause unrelated to their injury, their right to compensation unpaid at death transfers over to the surviving dependants, if there are any. Dependency is determined based on the date of the accident, not the claimant’s death. If there are no dependants, the unpaid compensation survives […]
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Denied?
Have Your Workers’ Compensation Benefits Been Denied? If you have received a document titled Notice of Dispute, or are otherwise not receiving the workers’ compensation that you are due or believe you are entitled to, then your claim for workers’ compensation benefits has been denied. If you believe that your claim was valid and should […]
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Industrial Loss of Use
Industrial Loss is the determination of the effect an injury will have on the employee’s ability to work and earn wages after an injury. Impairment v. Disability Doctors determine impairment under AMA guidelines. The Commission determines disability, which encompasses industrial loss. The Commission is not bound by the impairment ratings determined by the doctor and […]
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Maryland Workers’ Compensation Rates – 2019
Every year, the Maryland workers’ compensation rates are adjusted for inflation. For 2019, the rates are as follows: Temporary Total Disability – 2/3 of the average weekly wage, not to exceed $1116/week Permanent Total Disability – 2/3 of the average weekly wage, not to exceed $1116/week From 2018 to 2019, the rate increased from $1094 […]
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2022 Maryland Workers’ Compensation Rates
What are Maryland’s Current Workers’ Compensation Rates? Below is a breakdown of the workers’ compensation rates for Maryland in 2022. While Maryland workers’ comp rates have decreased or stayed stagnant for the past few years, the 2022 rates reflect a substantial increase. Although the workers’ compensation system still isn’t perfect, this rate improvement is good […]
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Summary of Maryland Workers’ Compensation Benefit Rates 2018-2022
Below is an outline of Maryland workers’ compensation benefit rates from 2018-2022. While the rates are adjusted for inflation effective January 1st of each year, that doesn’t always translate to an increase. For example, the 2020 and 2021 rates declined from each prior year. However, the 2022 rates rose significantly, which is good news for […]
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Death Benefits Under Workers’ Compensation
Death Benefits in workers’ comp is a unique situation, one that renders many other standard calculations irrelevant. Our workers’ comp calculator does not determine death benefits. You must contact a workers’ comp attorney in MD for assistance. There are sometimes situations in which an employee sustains a work-related injury that causes death. In that situation, […]
