What happens when the injured employee is also the owner? How are wage loss benefits calculated? Like many a legal question, it depends. However, without providing a clear path to predictability, a recent decision from the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (“WCCA”) provides at least some guidance on handling these claims and the permissibility […]
Increase in MN Average Weekly Wage Leads to More Benefit Values Available to Injured Workers
Each year the Department of Labor and Industry updates the benefit and provider fee levels related to workers’ compensation cases for the coming year, which starts on October 1. The updates are based on the statewide average weekly wage (SAWW). Per Minnesota statute § 176.011, Subd. 1b, the SAWW is calculated by taking the employment […]
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