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Workers' Compensation* Links followed by an asterisk are password protected and accessible to CBIA Members. For information on joining CBIA, click here. The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Act guarantees medical care, protection against income loss, and survivor benefits for employees who suffer work-related injury, illness or death. The Act grants benefits to an injured employee without regard to fault or negligence on the part of the employer or employee. It also establishes a system for resolution of disputes over benefits without filing lawsuits. In most cases, an employee who is eligible for workers’ compensation benefits may not sue the employer or co-workers to gain more than what the Act provides; workers’ compensation benefits are the employee’s exclusive remedy for on-the-job injury or occupational disease. The Act covers all employment relationships entered into in Connecticut, whether or not the employee is injured in the state. Most employers purchase insurance to cover their workers’ compensation liability. However, employers may self-insure in whole or in part provided that they file a bond or other form of security with the Workers’ Compensation Commission and comply with all of the other requirements set forth in the Commission’s certificate of self-insurance regulations. For insured employers, the insurer will process and defend most claims through its representatives. However, it is important that the insured employer understand the basic principles of workers’ compensation, so that it can work effectively with insurance company representatives. For example, an employer should be aware of the 28-day time limit for contesting claims, and should provide information quickly to the insurance company so that it may act within that time limit if necessary. Also, all employers should be familiar with the obligation to provide "light duty," if available, for a partially disabled employee. In addition, employers should be aware of the non-discrimination or anti-retaliation provisions of the Act. To see the Workers’ Compensation Information Packet, forms, and other publications by the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission, click here. New WC info packet The Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Information Packet was recently revised and can be obtained free of charge from the agency’s Web site. The packet offers comprehensive “plain English” information about the state’s workers’ comp system, its benefits and procedures, and also includes a number of fillable sample forms.
New WC benefit rate tables Tables for determining the workers’ compensation benefits for Connecticut workers can be purchased from: Rapid Print and Copy: The tables are not available from the Workers’ Compensation Commission.
WC mileage rate increases The Workers’ Compensation Commission has announced that the mileage reimbursement rate is now 50 cents per mile for all workers’ compensation claimants who use their private motor vehicles to travel to medical appointments necessitated by their work-related injuries. The rate increase is for all travel expenses occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2010, and applies to all claimants, regardless of injury date. Click here to learn more about mileage reimbursement rates. For related articles on workers’ compensation, click here:
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