During the length of your workers compensation claim, you may
wonder why your weekly benefit has changed for a given week.
Sometimes, you may not be given any explanation and will have to go
fishing for answers.
For workers who are not a firefighter, paramedic, or police
officer, here are several reasons why your pay might have (or
should have) changed:
Increasing or decreasing your work hours
If you are still working while injured and obtaining weekly
benefits, your pay rate should increase to 95% of your pre-injury
average weekly earnings (also known as 'PIAWE') if you work
15 hours or more per week. If you drop down below 15 hours of
weekly work, your pay rate will reduce to 80% of your PIAWE for
that week.
