Daily Archives: May 22, 2013

GA Workers Compensation Weekly Benefit – How It Is Calculated

Once you have been totally disabled by the authorized treating physician your GA workers compensation weekly benefits will begin.  Your compensation rate is based on the average wage for the thirteen weeks prior to your date of injury.  The insurance company sends a form to the employer (WC-6) and the employer inputs your gross wages for each of the thirteen weeks prior to the accident.  For GA Workers’ Compensation Weekly Benefit, you will receive two-thirds of that average weekly wage.  For example, if your average wage was $600 you would receive a weekly workers’ compensation benefits of $400.