Workers Compensation

If you are hurt at work in Georgia,
workers' compensation will cover medical care related to your injury.
Even if you reach maximum medical improvement, continuing therapy, pain
management, and other medical care will be provided. Sometimes, an
injured worker can have a change in condition for the worse and require
additional medical care years after his initial accident at work. While
the insurance company... Read More

Your weekly check will normally be 2/3 of
your average weekly wage. However, there are caps on this. So, if you
make more than $750 per week (or $39,000 per year), you will not be able
to get 2/3 of your usual weekly wage in workers' compensation benefits
in Georgia. You'll get $500/week. If that frustrates you, contact your
local state legislator about raising the maximum rates.

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Georgia
workers' compensation law contemplates past injuries and their
propensity to "flare up" or "aggravate" months, or even years, after an
injury when an employee continues working.  Oftentimes when I'm
consulting with an injured worker in Atlanta, he will be concerned that
the pain he's feeling while working will not be a compensable workers'
compensation... Read More